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Newspaper clipping, Birmingham, Alabama, 1940. "'From Bunker Hill to Chateau Thierry, Negroes have been good soldiers.... None have been traitors.... You must continue unblemished the exemplary record of Negro soldiers....'"With these heroic words…

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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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DLH : Kenny Baker Transcript.pdf
Interview with Kenny Baker (1926-2011), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 29, 2004. One of bluegrass music’s most revered and influential fiddlers, Baker is best known for his long-running career with Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys.A complete print…

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In an interview with Darwin Lee Hill, Marie Socolo remembers her brother, Poughkeepsie, New York’s Arthur “Tex” Roy (1919-2003), September 8, 2012. The interview -- broadcast on Darwin Lee's Real Hillbilly Music Hour on Poughkeepsie radio station…

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DLH Don Helms Transcript.pdf
Interview with Don Helms (1927-2008), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, March 2, 2002. In 1943, at the age of seveneteen, steel guitarist Don Helms joined the band of an up-and-coming Hank Williams, performing dates across south Alabama as a member of…

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Oldest son of celebrated Alabama fiddler Charlie Stripling, Robert Stripling began playing publicly with his father at the age of 10. In these interview excerpts, Stripling remembers his fiddler father; his own early musical experiences; making music…

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The Stardusters, German POW band at Camp Aliceville. The Aliceville POW camp, which operated from December 1942 – September 1945, offered its prisoners a range of cultural activities, including musical and theatrical groups, college-level courses…

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