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Mahalia Jackson

"Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?"

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"Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?"

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"God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands."
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