Timothy B. Tyson is senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and the author of five books, including New York Times bestseller The Blood of Emmett Till. Mary D. Williams is a gospel singer, civil rights historian, and former adjunct professor at Duke University. She has performed at the Kennedy Center and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and lives in Garner, North Carolina.

"Mahalia Jackson shared the gift of her musical genius with us even as she worked tirelessly to advance the cause of Black people in the United States. Timothy B. Tyson and Mary D. Williams finally give Jackson her due as a pioneering figure in the Civil Rights Movement."

Timothy B. Tyson is senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and the author of five books, including New York Times bestseller The Blood of Emmett Till. Mary D. Williams is a gospel singer, civil rights historian, and former adjunct professor at Duke University. She has performed at the Kennedy Center and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and lives in Garner, North Carolina.

"Mahalia Jackson shared the gift of her musical genius with us even as she worked tirelessly to advance the cause of Black people in the United States. Timothy B. Tyson and Mary D. Williams finally give Jackson her due as a pioneering figure in the Civil Rights Movement."

Timothy B. Tyson is senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and the author of five books, including New York Times bestseller The Blood of Emmett Till. Mary D. Williams is a gospel singer, civil rights historian, and former adjunct professor at Duke University. She has performed at the Kennedy Center and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and lives in Garner, North Carolina.

"Mahalia Jackson shared the gift of her musical genius with us even as she worked tirelessly to advance the cause of Black people in the United States. Timothy B. Tyson and Mary D. Williams finally give Jackson her due as a pioneering figure in the Civil Rights Movement."