- Collection:
- Laurraine Goreau Interviews and Recordings
- Title:
- LG052 Interviews: Mary Ann Hooper; Johnny Jackson
- Creator:
- Goreau, Laurraine
Hooper, Mary Ann
Jackson, Johnny - Date of Original:
- 1972-09-22
- Subject:
- Race relations
Civil rights workers
Civil rights demonstrations - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Hooper, Mary Ann, 1944-
Jackson, Johnny, 1951-2006
Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Side 1: Interview with Mary Ann Hooper on 1972-09-22, continued from another tape. Side 2: Interview with Johnny Jackson at Laurraine Goreau's hotel room in Los Angeles, California on 1972-09-22, continued on Tape ID: LG073. Abstract for Hooper: [00:00-30:18] In LG052Goreau_Side1, Mary Ann Hooper begins in the middle of a story about Mahalia Jackson speaking at an event for Jesse Jackson. Hooper discusses Jackson's admiration for Martin Luther King and her preference for King's peaceful activism. Hooper recalls her experience as one of the few white people in Jackson's inner circle and Jackson's thoughts on race – 4:32. Hooper and Goreau comment on Jackson's feelings of inferiority due to her lack of formal education – 6:45. Hooper also talks about Jackson's ability to use her influence in order to help her friends and specifically mentions a time when she stepped in to help King obtain use of Soldier Field for a rally after he was previously denied – 14:29. They discuss Jackson's involvement in local and national politics and the political influence she had in the black community. Hooper speaks fondly about Jackson phoning her on occasion just to talk and sing – 27:50.
This item contains language or content that may be harmful to some audiences at timestamps: 05:08; 05:50; 25:54.
This recording was digitized in 2020 as part of a Recordings at Risk grant funded project administered by CLIR, "Tell the real story of me": Mahalia Jackson and Black Gospel Quartets in the South.
For further information, please contact Tulane University Special Collections at specialcollections@tulane.edu. - Metadata URL:
- https://tulane.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/delivery/01TUL_INST:Tulane/12436805570006326
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to portions of this collection has been transferred to Tulane University Special Collections. Tulane University can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or owner’s heir for permission to publish where Tulane University Special Collections does not hold the copyright. For permission to publish collections material to which TUSC holds intellectual property rights, please contact Research Services at specialcollections@tulane.edu.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- LG052 Interviews: Mary Ann Hooper; Johnny Jackson, Laurraine Goreau collection, HJA-059, Tulane University Special Collections, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
- Extent:
- 30 min., 18 sec.
30 min., 20 sec. - Original Collection:
- Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, Tulane University Special Collections
Laurraine Goreau collection, HJA-059 - Contributing Institution:
- Tulane University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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