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TITLE:  [Mahalia Jackson, half-length portrait, facing left, standing at podium, singing]

CALL NUMBER:  LOT 13099, no. 69 <item> USE MICROFILM [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-119977 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  Publication of some images may be restricted. For information see LC P&P Restrictions Notebook.

SUMMARY:  Accompanying caption reads: Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson was the featured artist at the May 17 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, D.C. She appeared twice on the program. Some 27,000 persons from 36 states attended the event.

MEDIUM:  1 photographic print.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  1957 May 17.

NOTES:

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records.

Photo mounted on board.

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SUBJECTS:

Jackson, Mahalia,--1911-1972--Performances.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--People.
Singing--Washington (D.C.)--1950-1960.

FORMAT:

Portrait photographs 1950-1960.
Photographic prints 1950-1960.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c19977 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c19977

CONTROL #:  98501348



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