{"id":19187,"date":"2021-04-03T01:15:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T06:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=19187"},"modified":"2021-04-02T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T23:20:12","slug":"tonight-robin-roberts-presents-mahalia-an-original-lifetime-film-saturday-april-3-8pm-on-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/03\/tonight-robin-roberts-presents-mahalia-an-original-lifetime-film-saturday-april-3-8pm-on-lifetime\/","title":{"rendered":"TONIGHT! &#8220;Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia&#8221; An Original Lifetime Film Saturday, April 3 @ 8PM on Lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17259\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17259\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mahalia_Jackson_1962_van_Vechten_LC-USZ62-91314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mahalia_Jackson_1962_van_Vechten_LC-USZ62-91314.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mahalia_Jackson_1962_van_Vechten_LC-USZ62-91314-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mahalia_Jackson_1962_van_Vechten_LC-USZ62-91314-560x408.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mahalia_Jackson_1962_van_Vechten_LC-USZ62-91314-260x190.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mahalia_Jackson_1962_van_Vechten_LC-USZ62-91314-160x117.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahalia Jackson 1962 Photograph by Carl Van Vechten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in New Orleans, Mahalia Jackson (Danielle Brooks) began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement. 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