Mahalia Jackson: Gospel Singer and Civil Rights Champion
by Montrew Dunham and Cathy Morrison
"Haley" Jackson grew up in poverty on the levees of New Orleans, hunting alligators... read more
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- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2003
Word Count 17,349
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 83596, 3 AR Points
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- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
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- Jackson, Mahalia
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Musicians
- Singers
- Gospel musicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American women
- Gospel musicians
- African American civil rights workers
- Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972--Juvenile literature
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- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
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