Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord! (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jesse Jackson
- First Published: 1974
- Time of Work: 1911–1972
- Setting: New Orleans and Chicago
- Principal Characters: Mahalia Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Dorsey, Isaac Hockenmull
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Singing or singers, Gospel music, Entertaining or entertainers, Biography, Church or churches, Choirs or choral music
- Locales: New Orleans, LA, Chicago, IL
Form and Content
In Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord! The Life of Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel Singers, Jesse Jackson tells the story of the life of the renowned gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. The twenty-one chapters relay her life, from the earliest days in the slums of New Orleans to success and triumph as a nationally acclaimed singer and supporter of the Civil Rights movement. Eight pages of photographs, grouped together, capture in visual form the exuberance and intensity of Jackson.
In Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord!, the author often uses the...
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