Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Brooks stars in and serves as co-executive producer in Lifetime’s ‘Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia’ Mahalia Jackson is ...

Danielle Brooks stars as the gospel legend and civil rights activist in Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia, premiering April 3 on Lifetime Writer-Reporter, PEOPLE Danielle Brooks is returning to her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DANIELLE BROOKS: Yeah, pretty much. This is something that I had been interested in since 2016, when I entered into The Color ...

Although strictly a gospel singer during her time, Mahalia Jackson set the tone for gospel music and paved the way— in some instances providing literal mentorship— for household names and modern-day ...

While exploring the Historic New Orleans Collection's archives several years ago, Glen Smith, a gospel enthusiast from Ohio, made a remarkable discovery: Little-known recordings of the late great ...

Mahalia Jackson rose from Deep South poverty to world renown as a passionate gospel singer. Closely associated with the black civil rights movement, Miss Jackson was chosen to sing at the Rev. Dr.

So many people worldwide have been drawn to the immense talent of the late gospel singer and activist Mahalia Jackson. Considered one of the most influential artists of all time and a leader in the ...

'Orange Is the New Black' star Danielle Brooks will play gospel music icon Mahalia Jackson in a biopic on Lifetime, which Robin Roberts is executive producing. By Rick Porter Orange Is the New Black ...

New Orleans bookends Mahalia Jackson's life. The consensus greatest gospel singer of all time was born in the Black Pearl section of the Carrollton neighborhood on Oct. 26, 1911. She was buried in a ...