page_title: Mavis Staples
hierarchical_section_title: Mavis Staples
caption_attribution_description: Mavis Staples
context_page_description: Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She has recorded and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers, and also as a solo artist.
  Staples was added into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.
context_section_description: Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She has recorded and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers, and also as a solo artist.
  Staples was added into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.
caption: Staples performing in
  
  Brooklyn, New York in 2007
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