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Mahalia Jackson (Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church)

Easter Rock at Original True Light Baptist Church

Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Jazz Hall

Pete Fountain Gravesite

Slim Harpo Gravesite & Marker

Bill Evans Gravesite

Percy Sledge Gravesite

Bunk Johnson Jazz Trail

Guitar Slim Gravesite

Sam Cooke Historic Site (Holiday Inn North)

Alvin Batiste Historical Marker

Dennis McGee Historical Marker

Mahalia Jackson sings from a podium on a stage. She wears a dark dress and has a fancy white hat on

Mahalia Jackson (Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church)

New Orleans

Under blue skies, a white clapboard church sits in a grassy field. 1970s cars are parked outside

Easter Rock at Original True Light Baptist Church

Winnsboro

A white clapboard building sits beneath a canopy of trees. Stairs lead to a closed door on the front.

Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Jazz Hall

Mandeville

A vividly colored, illustrated poster shows dozens of performers gathered behind a sign for Jazz Fest; a streetcar passes behind them and flowers and greenery fame the scene

Pete Fountain Gravesite

New Orleans

A sepia-toned album cover of Slim Harpo's "Got love if you want it." Slim, wearing black Ray Bans, looks toward the camera, wearing a dark suit and tie.

Slim Harpo Gravesite & Marker

Baton Rouge

A portrait Bill Evans, wearing glasses and holding a cigarette

Bill Evans Gravesite

Baton Rouge

Percy, in a black suit and white shirt, eyes closed, belts out a tune with his arms in the air

Percy Sledge Gravesite

Baton Rouge

A side view of bunk blowing into his trumpet

Bunk Johnson Jazz Trail

New Iberia

Eddie, in a sharp, light-colored suit and tie, stares into the camera. A guitar is on a backdrop behind him.

Guitar Slim Gravesite

Thibodaux

Sam Cooke croons into a microphone hanging above him; his eyes are closed and he wears a light-colored collared sweater

Sam Cooke Historic Site (Holiday Inn North)

Shreveport

Portrait of Alvin Batiste wearing a dark hat and a jacket with a jaunty kerchief

Alvin Batiste Historical Marker

Baton Rouge

Three men play instruments — one standing with a fiddle, one sitting with a fiddle and one sitting on a white bucket with a drum

Dennis McGee Historical Marker

Eunice