As a teenager, the Alabama native toured the gospel circuit with Mahalia Jackson.
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Last year, we visited Ridgeway Middle School in Memphis and sat down with Mahalia Davis while she watched a videotape of herself teaching.
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Working with generations of gospel singers, Dorsey turned the city into the focal point of gospel music, and his blues-tinged hymns became classics, recorded by gospel greats like Mahalia Jackson.