Bev-Freda Jackson does not work for ... For the estimated 250,000 who joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that day, they heard King deliver one of his seminal sermons.

60 years ago, around a quarter million people marched on Washington for civil rights ... KERNODLE: And then you have Mahalia Jackson... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HOW I GOT OVER") MAHALIA JACKSON ...

August 28 2, 23 marks 60 years since the march in Washington for jobs and ... famed gospel singer, Mrs Mahalia Jackson, who was in the audience at the time of Dr King's, I have *** dream speech.

Marian Anderson and Mahalia Jackson sang but did not speak ... Read More: 60 Years After March on Washington, America’s Progress Hinges on Liberating Black Women In an effort to divide and ...

While most people today say King’s speech was the highlight of the march, it was only one of ... and the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson — who performed “I’ve Been ‘Buked, and I’ve ...

As we honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s searing words on the National Mall in Washington 60 years ago this week, it would be fitting to also honor Mahalia ... march, and on other occasions, Jackson ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Mahalia Jackson is undeniably one of the most ... “How I Got Over” was performed by Jackson at the 1963 March on Washington, just before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered ...