Albertina Walker

CTL-E-0500 · Person · 1940–2010

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Albertina Walker was born in Chicago in 1929, sang in West Point Baptist Church's youth choir, and was mentored by Mahalia Jackson, who took her on the road as a teenager. In 1951 she organized the Caravans, which launched the careers of Shirley Caesar, Inez Andrews, Dorothy Norwood, and James Cleveland, earning her the 'Star Maker' nickname.

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Also known as: Tina

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-person-013; source research type(s): person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

NEA (https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/albertina-walker); Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertina_Walker)
NEA (https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/albertina-walker); African American Registry (https://aaregistry.org/story/albertina-walker-gospel-singer-born/)

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