This late phenomenal gospel great Mahalia Jackson is our distant cousin.Once more information becomes available I will post it!
Mahalia Jackson ( /məˈheɪljə/ mə-hayl-yə; October 26, 1911[1] – January 27, 1972) was an African-American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice,[2] she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel".[1][3][4] Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world, and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist; entertainer Harry Belafonte called her "the single most powerful black woman in the United States".[5] She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"—million-sellers.
