today in black history

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Blues composer William Christopher “W.C.” Handy, known as the “Father of the Blues,” was born in Florence, Alabama in 1873.

Today In Black America: 05.19.09

With Brette Dawson

POSTED: May 19, 2009, 6:13 pm

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