Digital print of Mahalia Jackson at Chicago Freedom Movement rally: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of Mahalia Jackson at a podium with multiple microphones. Her mouth is open and she is either speaking or singing. She is grasping one of the microphones with right hand. She is wearing a black dress with pink scarf around her neck. The podium is covered in an American flag and part of a round red and white sign is visible in front of it. A crowd of people are sitting and standing behind Mahalia Jackson, including a man holding a white umbrella over her head.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 10, 1966; printed 2012
• Created by: Bernard Kleina, American
• Subject of: Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 6 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (15.6 x 22.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Soldier Field, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2013.140.9
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Bernard J. Kleina Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.