Dunning, John Abe Thurman oral history interview, October 25, 2002 Interview with Abe Thurman (1922-2016). Thurman was an African American educator, musician, politician, and veteran of the United States Navy. A native of Newark, N.J., Thurman attended North Carolina A&T College prior to his enlistment in the United States Navy. Thurman was assigned to the United States Navy B-1 Band, the first all-African American Navy Band, during World War II. Thurman played the trumpet, flute, and piccolo in the band and was known to his fellow sailors by his nickname "Cecil." OH0216 60522 2451 20021025 eng sound recording oral histories 10.1cm x 6.4cm x 1cm Thurman, Abe, 1922-2016 United States Navy B-1 Band United States. Navy African American troops Interviews African American musicians Interviews World War, 1939-1945 United States North Carolina Thurman, Abe, 1922-2016 creator Albright, Alex contributor Dembo, Jonathan, 1948- contributor This item has been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. If you are the creator or copyright holder of this item and would like it removed, please contact us at als_digitalcollections@ecu.edu. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ African American History aah Fine and Performing Arts fpa Military History mh Navy navy Naval and Maritime History nmh OH0216 Abe Thurman oral history interview, October 25, 2002 Interview with Abe Thurman (1922-2016). Thurman was an African American educator, musician, politician, and veteran of the United States Navy. A native of Newark, N.J., Thurman attended North Carolina A&T College prior to his enlistment in the United States Navy. Thurman was assigned to the United States Navy B-1 Band, the first all-African American Navy Band, during World War II. Thurman played the trumpet, flute, and piccolo in the band and was known to his fellow sailors by his nickname "Cecil." Thurman, Abe, 1922-2016 Thurman, Abe, 1922-2016 Dembo, Jonathan, 1948- 20021025 Sound oral histories J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University eng 60522 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ United States Navy B-1 Band United States. Navy--African American troops--Interviews African American musicians--Interviews World War, 1939-1945 United States--North Carolina audio local, filename 60522.0001 9049650 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 54b3be3af2c88fd39c159328cd48878d ecu:digital_collections 1951 1546 RGB 101 mm 64 mm 20190521 object plane in. 450 1 450 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 60522.0002 9049650 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 c5fcbb0070e0f7a8053340e3c2567174 ecu:digital_collections 1951 1546 RGB 101 mm 64 mm 20190521 object plane in. 450 1 450 1 8 integer 3 internal 1 2019-06-20T12:00:00 md5