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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

You tried calling me a-- a "high-society negro." said how you neverwere gonna learn how...

You tried calling me a-- a "high-society negro." [laughs] said how you never
were gonna learn how to sing to "please white people." what, you saying
I'm a hypocrite?

Full Transcript

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You tried calling me a--
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a "high-society negro."
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[laughs] said how you never were gonna learn how to sing
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to "please white people."
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what, you saying I'm a hypocrite?
Duration
12 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:35:43
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, music
Production
Rock’n Robin Productions,Lincoln Square Productions,Lifetime,Front Street Pictures

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Movie Summary

The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who 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.
They the ones that changed, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
They the ones that changed,
That... Is what I wish you could see. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
That... Is what I wish you could see.
Well, you have lost a lot of people in your life. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Well, you have lost a lot of people in your life.
[sighs] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
[sighs]
[laughs] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
[laughs]
That, at your best, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
That, at your best,
After all these years, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
After all these years,
Well, unless you blind, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
Well, unless you blind,
[door creaks open] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:08
[door creaks open]
Ah, you old fool, it ain't valentine's. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Ah, you old fool, it ain't valentine's.
Well, I figure ain't no telling - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
Well, I figure ain't no telling
Figure about time to quit the wigs. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
Figure about time to quit the wigs.
Not for a few hours, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
Not for a few hours,
...Half of my best voice is you? - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
...Half of my best voice is you?
[mildred chuckles sadly] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
[mildred chuckles sadly]
[sob catches] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
[sob catches]
Damn. [laughs] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
Damn. [laughs]
[cackles] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
[cackles]
[mahalia chuckles tenderly] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
[mahalia chuckles tenderly]
Oh, I would love to have you on that stage. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Oh, I would love to have you on that stage.