<I>Movin' On Up</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Written by
content: Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972
label: Written by
content: Evan McLeod Wylie, American, born 1916
label: Subject of
content: Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972
label: Signed by
content: Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972
label: Published by
content: Hawthorn Books, Inc., American
notes: label: Description
content: Hardback copy of "Movin' on up" with a paper book cover. Paper book cover is burgundy with red and blue type, reading [The warmly personal story of America's favorite gospel singer/Mahalia Jackson/ with Evan McLeod Wylie/Movin' on up]. Front cover has a depiction of Mahalia Jackson in a white short sleeve shirt, with white beads sewn in flower patterns. Jackson holds her hands clasped in front of her chest, looking up towards her right. The reverse of the paper book cover is white with burgundy type and contains a series of excerpted passages from the autobiography. The text begins thus: [MAHALIA JACKSON tells of her life and times.../"I don't believe in God myself," a reporter told me, "but when you/sing it gives me goose pimples." "That's not goose pimples," I/told him. "That's your soul speaking and you don't even know/ it's there!"]. Mahalia Jackson signed the first page (opposite interior cover) in blue ink, reading [May the Love of God keep/you always in Christ/Mahalia Jackson] in script. Interior pages are white with black type. 212 pages.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Autobiography of Mahalia Jackson
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Gospel (Music)
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paul & Claire Blumenfeld
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.141.2
objectType: label: Type
content: autobiographies
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1966 by Mahalia Jackson and Evan McLeod Wylie
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink on paper, cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 5/16 × 6 1/4 × 1 in. (23.7 × 15.9 × 2.5 cm)