Studs Terkel on Mahalia Jackson, 1989
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Channel: Media Burn Archive · 2009 · People & Blogs
Oral historian Studs Terkel talks about his friendship with gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, and visits the site of the Greater Salem Baptist Church, demolished to create the Dan Ryan Expressway. From the extensive Studs Terkel collection at Media Burn Archive. Watch the full 1989 documentary, Studs, at Media Burn: https://mediaburn.org/videos/studs-2/
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