Dunning, John U. S. Navy B-1 Band group oral history interview, October 25, 2002 (part 4) Part 4 of a group interview with seven members of the United States Navy B-1 Band. Those interviewed include: Wray R. Herring, Abe Thurman, Calvin Morrow, Richard Jones, Simeon O. Holloway, John Gilmer, and Huey L. Lawrence. The B-1 Band was the first all-African American band in the U. S. Navy during World War II. The members discuss their worst experiences in the Navy. Several of the band members discuss their experiences being victims of racism in the Armed Forces. Interviewer: Alex Albright. Members in this recording are included in other oral history recordings located in Digital Collections. OH0213 60528 2453 20021025 eng sound recording oral histories 10.1cm x 6.4cm x 1cm United States Navy B-1 Band United States. Navy African American troops Interviews African American musicians Interviews World War, 1939-1945 United States Race relations History 20th century Racism United States History 20th century Race discrimination United States History 20th century African American sailors Social conditions 20th century Gilmer, John Holloway, Simeon O. Lawrence, Huey L. Jones, Richard H. L. Herring, Wray Raphael, 1926-2010 Thurman, Abe, 1922-2016 Morrow, Calvin F., 1924- United States North Carolina Pitt County (N.C.) Greenville (N.C.) Albright, Alex 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 OH0213 U. S. Navy B-1 Band group oral history interview, October 25, 2002 (part 4) Part 4 of a group interview with seven members of the United States Navy B-1 Band. Those interviewed include: Wray R. Herring, Abe Thurman, Calvin Morrow, Richard Jones, Simeon O. Holloway, John Gilmer, and Huey L. Lawrence. The B-1 Band was the first all-African American band in the U. S. Navy during World War II. The members discuss their worst experiences in the Navy. Several of the band members discuss their experiences being victims of racism in the Armed Forces. Interviewer: Alex Albright. Members in this recording are included in other oral history recordings located in Digital Collections. United States Navy B-1 Band Albright, Alex 20021025 Sound oral histories J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University eng 60528 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ United States. Navy--African American troops--Interviews African American musicians--Interviews World War, 1939-1945 United States--Race relations--History--20th century Racism--United States--History--20th century Race discrimination--United States--History--20th century African American sailors--Social conditions--20th century Gilmer, John Holloway, Simeon O. Lawrence, Huey L. Jones, Richard H. L. Herring, Wray Raphael, 1926-2010 Thurman, Abe, 1922-2016 Morrow, Calvin F., 1924- United States--North Carolina--Pitt County (N.C.)--Greenville (N.C.) audio local, filename 60528.0001 9677172 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 60b3f68807012d3d49a656c80235c1ae ecu:digital_collections 1991 1620 RGB 101 mm 64 mm 20190521 object plane in. 450 1 450 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 60528.0002 9677172 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 4a964d01fe2c0ef8369080a537a15965 ecu:digital_collections 1991 1620 RGB 101 mm 64 mm 20190521 object plane in. 450 1 450 1 8 integer 3 internal 1 2019-07-12T12:00:00 md5