During the Chicago Movement for Freedom (ca. 1965-1967), Mahalia Jackson joined her friend Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., when he was visited a church to preach a sermon about justice and equality. Jackson, also known as the "Queen of Gospel Music", sang the spiritual "Joshua Fit / Fought the Battle of Jericho", a song based on the book of Joshua in the Bible, where it talks about the freedom the Israelites found after Egypt. Martin Luther King called "negro spirituals" as "the most original of al

Mahalia Jackson's dynamic voice has soothed the souls of millions of Americans and was a shining light in the civil rights movement in the 60's. Now the Robin Roberts' biopic on the legendary singer. Nightline co-anchor Juju Chang reports. | Nightline

Mahalia Jackson was a gospel icon and activist who changed the course of the civil rights movement. #ad Danielle Brooks stars in Robin Roberts Presents: #Mahalia on Saturday, April 3rd at 8/7c on Lifetime. #TheMahaliaJacksonStory | The Hollywood Reporter