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“We used to gather in the high window of the holiness church and, tip-toe, look in and laugh at the dresses…”
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Quandra PrettymanWhen Mahalia SingsQuandra Prettyman
When Mahalia Sings
Quandra PrettymanAfrican American Registry
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WHEN MAHALIA SINGS by Quandra Prettyman.
We used to gather in the high window of the holiness church and, tip-toe, look in and laugh at the dresses, too small on the ladies, and how wretched they all looked-an old garage for a church, for pews, old wooden chairs. It seemed a lame excuse for a church.
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