A high-ranking federal education official who visited the Mahalia Jackson Early Childhood & Family Learning Center in Central City on Friday said she is impressed by local educators' efforts to ensure ...

The U.S. Assistant Secretary Of Elementary and Secondary Education will be in New Orleans Friday to learn about the Mahalia Jackson Early Childhood & Family Learning Center on Jackson Avenue, lauded ...

Mahalia Jackson didn't start out with aspirations of becoming the queen of gospel music. She was listening to blues in her earliest days, specifically the songs of Bessie Smith, the empress of the ...