Black, Kerrigan

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A musician and composer whose one-man shows delighted and edified thousands of school children in the Bay Area. In the mid-1980s he developed an original one-man show called "Tryin' to get home" which was based on African American songs. Mr. Black was born in Chicago, received a BA from Stanford in 1975 and an MA in folklore from U.C. Berkeley.

From the description of Kerrigan Black papers, 1963-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500284

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A musician and composer whose one-man shows delighted and edified thousands of school children in the Bay Area. In the mid-1980s he developed an original one-man show called "Tryin' to get home" which was based on African American songs. Mr. Black was born in Chicago, received a BA from Stanford in 1975 and an MA in folklore from U.C. Berkeley.

From the guide to the Black, Kerrigan. Papers., 1963-1993, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)

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creatorOf Black, Kerrigan. Kerrigan Black papers, 1963-1993. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Black, Kerrigan. Papers., 1963-1993 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Marlon Riggs Collection, 1957-1994 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Black Gay Men United. corporateBody
associatedWith Black Gay Men United. corporateBody
associatedWith Riggs, Marlon T. person
associatedWith Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008. person
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African Americans
Gay musicians
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Active 1963

Active 1993

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