Mahalia Jackson, Moving On Up a Little Higher: The Story of an American Civil Rights Pioneer
by Timothy B. Tyson (Author), Mary D. Williams (Author)
This rich musical legacy is admired by those in the know, virtually no one recognizes Jackson’s astonishing role in American civil rights history. In this startling new depiction of the renowned gospel singer, New York Times best-selling author Timothy B. Tyson and Mary D. Williams, an acclaimed gospel singer herself, bring Jackson back to soaring life by positioning her as the major civil rights figure she, in fact, was.
About
Mary D. Williams
Mary is a public educator, with a BA in American Studies with a double minor, History and African American Diaspora from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mary completed her graduate studies with a MA in Folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Mary continues to study North Carolina history facilitating graduate seminars at Duke and has been doing scholarly explorations of the history and theory of gospel music with Professor Jerma Jackson at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
