Roy Lake Oral History Interview, October 19, 2003

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Roy Lake Oral History Interview, October 19, 2003

2003

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0231

Interview with member of the U.S. Navy B-1 Band, the first all-African American Band in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Verso of the audiotape includes the U.S. Navy B-1 Band Reunion Memorial Service at the Baptist Student Union of East Carolina University on 10/19/2003. Received 11/10/2003.

0.005 Cubic feet, 1 audiocassette, 3 hours, 15 pages

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11617484

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Lake, Roy, 1923-2018

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Roy H. Lake (1923-2018) was an African American civil servant, musician, and veteran of the United States Navy. Lake was born May 6, 1923 in Jefferson, South Carolina to William and Sadie Lake. His family moved to Greensboro, N.C., and he attended James B. Dudley High School. In 1942, Lake was recruited to join the United States Navy B-1 Band as a clarinetist. The U.S. Navy B-1 Band was the first all-African American Navy Band during World War II. He was known to his fellow service members by...

United States Navy B-1 Band

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The United Statess Navy B-1 Band was the first all-African American Navy Band during World War II. In 1942, the best African American musicians from the state of North Carolina were assembled and the band was formed in Raleight on May 27. The recruits became the "first blacks to serve in the navy in anything other than galley positions" (Albright, A., 1986). The band was stationed in Chapel Hill, N.C. and their talent was offered to help relieve the stress of pilot trainees learning combat flyin...