+DeAundree Turner: ...and all her other hats too! Sho'nuff!

she had to slay whenever she came home to Chicago

billinindiana midwest Are you sure? If it were '66 she would have been much smaller physically and weaker in voice, wouldn't she? I think this is from the 1964 Soldier Field rally. There are pics of her in a 1966 Soldier Field Rally where she is not wearing a hat. She has on a black dress with a pink flower corsage on the side. In the pic you can tell even though she was singing that she was in ill health.

I have a book with a photo of Mahalia sitting with MLK drinking a Coke. She had this same hat on, and I thought it said 1966. I could be wrong. I've heard good recordings of her from 66, Yes she was thinner then, but she doesn't look too heavy here. I'm not sure. I didn't know she was at Soldier Field in 64.

billinindiana midwest check out the link I just posted. You'll see photos from the 1966 rally of MLK and Mahalia and others.

Thanks. I did see it and she surely looks diminished in form. Thinner, for sure.