Mahalia Jackson speaks about some blacks being all talk

Could she have been talking about Rev Jessie Jackson being all talk????????
he did take her church she was gonna buy that year and turned it into what we now know as being rainbow push.

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[jadon360]

Mahalia never got over Martin Luther Kings death, thats why she made that comment in the end, (don't shoot me in the head, i'll tell it to your face) referring to the way Martin died for what he beleived in and spoke about. He was one of her best friends and she felt like he was here to save the black race, and when he died she felt like no one else picked up the mantle as strongly as he carried it.

[blessedover]

@jadon360 True

[icebergtip]

mahalia was a lil cut throat wasn't she. she was straight up.

[blessedover]

@icebergtip I bet she had a copy of James Brown Black and proud lol

[secondchances3128]

THIS IS MY FAMILY MS JACKSON, MY GRANDMOTHERS FIRST COUSIN, MY DADS MOM

[MegaGum1]

"...it make me MAD, and if ya dont like it dont shoot me in the head, i'll tell ya to ya face!"

[whathefarmersaw]

I love her so much.

[FearOfaBlackChannel]

Very interesting to note that she died the very next year. I remember watching the event of her collapsing while playing the piano.

[marieOH5]

I love it! She said what she felt . She came up dirt poor in New Orleans,knew racism first hand and never forgot it. I read she had callouses on her hands from the domestic work she did in her early days. When Dr King came to Chicago alot of black ministers and politicians didnt want him there making trouble. She stood firm and supported him. She did not march cuz she couldnt or wouldnt be spat on and beat it wasn't in her character.. I dont think she got over King's death. Love the clip!

[louis1937]

Please add the rest of this interview. I love Mahalia.

[romyoe]

@jadon360 I thought she intended to say "don't shoot me in the back of my head, i'll tell it your face", meaning don't be a coward and talk behind my back cuz I will say it in front of you. None the less I agree with your comment.