«1963. Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, puts her stamp on the March on Washington» (en anglès). [Consulta: 4 juny 2019]. «But it is almost impossible to imagine Mahalia Jackson having been anywhere other than center stage at the historic March on Washington on August 28, 1963, where she not only performed as the lead-in to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his “I Have a Dream” speech, but she also played a direct role in turning that speech into one of the most memorable and meaningful in American history. [...] It was in Alabama that Jackson first met and befriended the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whom she would support throughout his career.»
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Whitman, Alden «Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer and a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies» (en anglès). New York Times, 28-01-1972, pàg. 1 [Consulta: 3 juny 2019]. «Closely associated for the last decade with the black civil rights movement, Miss Jackson was chosen to sing at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington rally at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. [...] Mahalia Jackson, who rose from Deep South poverty to world renown as a passionate gospel singer, died of a heart seizure yesterday in Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb.»
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«Mahalia Jackson» (en anglès). American Roots Music. [Consulta: 4 juny 2019].