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 flying. In May 1944 the band was transferred to sea duty in Hawaii for the duration of the war.
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Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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referencedIn | Abe Thurman Oral History Interview, October 25, 2002 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
referencedIn | Calvin F. Morrow Collection, 2001, undated | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
referencedIn | John Gilmer Oral History Interview, October 25, 2002 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
referencedIn | Roy Lake Oral History Interview, October 19, 2003 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
referencedIn | Simeon O. Holloway Collection | Library of Congress | |
referencedIn | Simeon O. Holloway Oral History Interview, October 25, 2002 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
creatorOf | U. S. Navy B-1 Band Group Oral History Interview, October 25, 2002 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
creatorOf | U.S. Navy B-1 Band Reunion Collection, 1977-2013 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
referencedIn | Wray Raphael Herring Collection, 1942-1945, 2001-2005 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library |
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referencedIn | Profile of the members of the B-1 U.S. Navy Band of World War II, 1942-2001 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
referencedIn | United States Navy Pre-Flight School Band, Chapel Hill, North Carolina | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library |
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associatedWith | Albright, Alex |
hasMember | Gilmer, John, 1925-2014 |
hasMember | Herring, Wray Raphael, 1926-2010 |
hasMember | Holloway, Simeon O. |
hasMember | Lake, Roy, 1923-2018 |
hasMember | Morrow, Calvin F., 1924- |
hasMember | Thurman, Abe, 1922-2016 |
associatedWith | United States. Navy |
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Establishment 1942-05
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