Mahalia Jackson and the Music of the Movement
A photograph of Mahalia Jackson in 1964 offers a window on the role of music in the civil rights movement.
Nico Slate is Professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University. His research examines struggles against racism and imperialism in the United States and India. His most recent books are The Art of Freedom: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the Making of Modern India (HarperCollins India and The University of Pittsburgh Press, forthcoming in 2024) and Brothers: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Race (Temple University Press, 2023).
A photograph of Mahalia Jackson in 1964 offers a window on the role of music in the civil rights movement.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opposed racism, imperialism, and capitalist inequity at home and around the world.
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