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date: 22 June 2025

Mahalia Jackson 1911–72
American singer 

  1. Tell 'em about the dream, Martin.
    to Martin Luther King urging him to use the 'I have a dream' formulation, Washington, 28 August 1963, see King; Philip A. Klinkner with Rogers M. Smith The Unsteady March (1999) ch. 8
  2. It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing—that's the Lord's test.
    Movin' On Up (with Evan McLoud Wylie 1966) ch.1