On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it would have been fitting to honor Mahalia Jackson, too.
The legendary gospel singer is considered the greatest of her time, but she also proved to be King’s most crucial editor, playing a significant role in the delivery of his most famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963.
As someone in his inner circle, Jackson was near King when he began to speak that day to a sea of people on the mall.
