US Navy B-1 Band Group Interview

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US Navy B-1 Band Group Interview

2002

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/60525

Group interview with members of the U. S. Navy B-1 Band, the first African-American Navy Band during World War II.

46:41 minutes

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11620138

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Albright, Alex

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Alex Albright is a native of Graham, NC. He earned a BA in English/journalism from UNC-CH in 1972. In 1981, Albright joined the English faculty at East Carolina University. Albright was the founding editor of the North Carolina Literary Review. Albright lives in Fountain, NC....

Morrow, Calvin F., 1924-

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