U. S. Navy B-1 Band Group Oral History Interview

October 25, 2002
Oral History #OH0213
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Creator(s)
Albright, Alex (Interviewer); United States Navy B-1 Band (Interviewee); Dembo, Jonathan, 1948- (Interviewer)
Physical description
0.02 Cubic Feet, 4 audiocassettes, 6 hours, 70 pages
Preferred Citation
U. S. Navy B-1 Band Group Oral History Interview (#OH0213), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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Interviews with members of the U. S. Navy B-1 Band, the first African-American Navy Band during World War II.

Scope and arrangement

For more information, see the article Breaking the Race Barrier: The Navy B-1 Band by Alex Albright.

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Encoded by Najia Zeng, August 30, 2010

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

General note

1942-1945

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Key terms
Corporate Names
United States Navy B-1 Band
United States. Navy--African American troops--Interviews
Topical
African American musicians--Interviews
World War, 1939-1945