| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
194 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (1 color), portraits ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-194). |
| Contents |
Backgrounds: military, social, political, and musical -- Formation: Greensboro and A&T College -- Training at Norfolk: no day at the beach -- Chapel Hill: "the best of times" -- Pearl Harbor: the biggest military band on "the rock" -- Coming home. |
| Summary |
"B-1 was comprised of the first African Americans to serve at rank higher than messman in the modern Navy. B-1 was also the first of over a hundred black World War II Navy bands; its members were 'the best, most talented musicians in North Carolina.' B-1 was formed from a nucleus of NC A&T students and graduates, trained at Norfolk, and served at Chapel Hill with the Navy's pre-flight school and at Pearl Harbor, where they were stationed at the largest posting of African-American servicemen in the world."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Subject |
United States Navy B-1 Band.
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United States. Navy. Pre-Flight School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina -- Students.
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African American musicians -- North Carolina.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
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North Carolina -- Race relations.
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| ISBN |
0984210229 |
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9780984210220 |
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