- She appears on a 32 cent U.S. postage stamp, in the Legends of American Music series, that debuted 7/15/98 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1997) (under the category Early Influence), and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame (2008).
- Ranked #78 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock N Roll
- She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 1, 1988.
- She was portrayed by Danielle Brooks in Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021).
- She was a lifelong Democrat.
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