Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-ChiefLast Modified: 18:51 PM EDT, 20 May 2011

In a Radio Netherlands Worldwide interview of the author of this blog, a song plays in the background that her mother listened to during their travails.

Many listeners inquired about the name of the singer and the song; and in response we have posted a video of Mrs. Mahalia Jackson from the famous movie "Imitation of Life."

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