Mahalia

[muh-heyl-yuh]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Mahala.

Example Sentences

In an alternate universe, one wonders whether Martin Luther King Jr. could have succeeded without the embrace of the likes of Jackie Robinson, Sidney Poitier and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, or if Malcolm X could have achieved mainstream validation absent his association with boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

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The decorated songstress' humble origins began in North Carolina where she was influenced by her musical family and the gospel music of artists like Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke.

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Creamy and atmospheric, with a keen sense of color and light, it arranges performances from four days into a single, morning-to-night concert, beginning with Thelonious Monk and ending with Mahalia Jackson.

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Others, like Mahalia and Ella Mai, have focused on breaking the US, where the genre has deeper roots.

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In 1963, she joined the March on Washington and was close enough to Martin Luther King, Jr. as he spoke that she saw gospel singer Mahalia Jackson urge him, “Tell him about the dream, Martin,” leading him to ad lib his most famous speech.

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