Mahalia Jackson Shuts Down MLK

[Gramfam92]

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One of my favorite women of all time is Mahalia Jackson & I just wanted to share this video here. No mic & she blows poor MLK off the podium & leaves him speechless. Mahalia could have made millions more , but absolutely refused to do Jazz, Blues or Pop & the big residencies in Vegas, etc....& made a good living on the Black Gospel circuit. . She stood for something that she believed in. I respect that in a day when people chase every dollar that those folks wave at them instead of believing in a larger cause.

 

[LAW DAWG]

That was a good selection to use prior to King speaking. Church folks will get she was using Moses' successor Joshua to refer to King and the battle before him.

 

[Gramfam92]

That was a good selection to use prior to King speaking. Church folks will get she was using Moses' successor Joshua to refer to King and the battle before him.

Exactly. His death demoralized her. She was very active in the Civil/ Political Rights Movement ,but cut back after he died. Heard MLK was having a tough time then and she was trying to uplift him .." You're our Joshua" .

Poor guy just crunples his little notes and put them aside when she started. Love this Lady & this video. She believed in something and didn't sell her self to the highest bidder for a few dollars.

 

[CEE DOG]

That was a good selection to use prior to King speaking. Church folks will get she was using Moses' successor Joshua to refer to King and the battle before him.

Exactly. His death demoralized her. She was very active in the Civil/ Political Rights Movement ,but cut back after he died. Heard MLK was having a tough time then and she was trying to uplift him .." You're our Joshua" .

Poor guy just crunples his little notes and put them aside when she started. Love this Lady & this video. She believed in something and didn't sell her self to the highest bidder for a few dollars.

Exactly. It saddens me how the modern day black community has forgotten that if it wasn't for the black church we would still be in Jim Crow days. Just like doing COVID it was the black church that helped feed folks and got together to make sure that most of the unfortunate in our community made it through. The black church with all her faults has and will always be the backbone of our community. She is the foundation of what we are and what we came from and where we are going. My how the love of hopes, wishes, dreams and dollars made so many of us forget.

 

[Gramfam92]

Exactly. It saddens me how the modern day black community has forgotten that if it wasn't for the black church we would still be in Jim Crow days. Just like doing COVID it was the black church that helped feed folks and got together to make sure that most of the unfortunate in our community made it through. The black church with all her faults has and will always be the backbone of our community. She is the foundation of what we are and what we came from and where we are going. My how the love of hopes, wishes, dreams and dollars made so many of us forget.

Late response I know but....

I'm not a very religious person , but no other entity in Black America had the moral strength to do what the Black Church did. Excluding public HBCU'S ( of course) only private Black Colleges could have maybe organized like Black Churches. No group comes close & Mahalia Jackson exemplifies this resolve & dignity of the Black church.