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ARM116 Bama State Collegians.jpeg
Painting of the Bama State Collegians by Craig Legg, 2023. #116 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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Daniels, Charles BMOHP104.pdf
Interview with Charles Daniels, conducted by Andre Millard for the Birmingham Music Oral History Project, c. 1990s. Courtesy Andre Millard.

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ARM 180 Scottsboro Hosiery Mill Band 1.jpeg
Painting of the Scottsboro Hosiery Mill Band by Craig Legg, 2023. #180 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 37 Blind Boys of Alabama.jpeg
Painting of the Blind Boys of Alabama by Craig Legg, 2023. #037 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 011 The Plow Pushers.jpeg
Painting of The Plow Pushers by Craig Legg, 2023. #011 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 010 WAPI String Band.jpeg
Painting of the WAPI String Band by Craig Legg, 2023. #010 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 009 Flat Creek Boys.jpeg
Painting of the Flat Creek Boys by Craig Legg, 2023. #009 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 006 The Delmore Brothers.jpeg
Painting of The Delmore Brothers by Craig Legg, 2023. #006 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 003 Ruby Pickens Tartt 1.jpeg
Painting of Ruby Pickens Tartt by Craig Legg, 2023. #003 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 002 John Lomax.jpeg
Painting of John Lomax by Craig Legg, 2023. #002 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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Alabama College Dance Program 1.jpeg
Dance program for Alabama College's Senior Ball, 1936. Along with a printed list of student leaders and chaperones, this program includes a completed dance card, identifying the evening's dance partners for student Roberta Taylor.

A four-year…

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Interview with Bill Bolick of the Blue Sky Boys, conducted over the telephone by Darwin Lee Hill, February 9, 2002.

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DLH : Roy Lee Brown Transcript.pdf
Interview with Roy Lee Brown (1921-2017), conducted over the phone by Darwin Lee Hill, March 16, 2002. A complete print transcript is also provided. The younger brother of western swing pioneers Milton and Derwood Brown, Roy Lee Brown remained a…

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DLH : Doc Williams Transcript.pdf
Interview with Doc Williams (1914-2011), conducted over the phone by Darwin Lee Hill. A full print transcript is included, along with the audio.

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DLH : Arthur Smith Transcript.pdf
Interview with Arthur Smith, recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, December 2, 2002.

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The_Birmingham_News_Tue__Dec_10__1940_.jpg
Five cartoon newspaper advertisements for the Rhythm Four on Birmingham radio station WSGN, 1939-1941.

The quartet, directed by Sonny Blount (the future Sun Ra), was popular with both Black and white local audiences, as contemporary newspaper…

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The_Birmingham_News_Sun__Sep_15__1940_.jpg
Newspaper advertisements for the Rhythm Four and other groups performing at the Pizitz department store's open house, 1940-1941.For National Retail Demonstration Week, the Pizitz hosted an open house, inviting the public to view their latest…

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The_Birmingham_News_Wed__Oct_4__1939_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for the Rhythm Four, the popular Birmingham quartet led by Sonny Blount (the future Sun Ra).

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The_Birmingham_News_Thu__Apr_27__1939_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for the Alabama Theater,Birmingham News, April 27, 1929. The advertised screening ofYes, My Darling Daughter("1939's Most Daring Heart-to-Heart Story of Young Love ... Positively NOT RECOMMENDED For Children!") is accompanied…

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The_Birmingham_News_Fri__Feb_4__1938_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for Fats Waller at the City Auditorium,Birmingham News, February 4, 1938. As the ad notes, Waller would also appear "in an exclusive colored engagement" at Birmingham's Colored Masonic Temple on Valentines' Day, February 14.

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