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Special Tidewater Black History Concert

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Program for the reunion concert of members of U.S. Navy B-1 Band, the first African American band in the U.S. Navy, held at the Naval Amphibious Base Theater in Little Creek, Norfolk, Virginia. "Special Tidewater Black History Concert honoring Unit Band #1 and all black musicians who served in the U.S. Navy in World War II."
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Bands
  3. Participation, African American
  4. United States
  5. United States. Navy
  6. World War, 1939 1945

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