![]() ![]() (Please google B-1US Navy Band.) I just finished reading “The Legendary Miss Lena Horne”. Please consider this request that would preserve the legacy of this little known pioneering African American group of veterans. He was the bands director.Īlex Albright, a professor at East Carolina University, wrote a book about the band, entitled: ” The Forgotten First: B-1 and the Integration of the Modern Navy”. Attorney James Parsons was appointed the first Black federal judge in Illinois by President John Kennedy. One was A&T’s band director for over forty years. Others became social workers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, etc. After the war, the majority of the band mates became school band directors throughout N.C. Of the original members only four veterans survive today. The band was assigned to be the official military unit to accompany the Navy Pre-Flight School at UNC-CH. ![]() The rest of the band came from other Black colleges. ![]() Due to the national reputation of A&T’S band, the majority of the 44 member band was recruited from A&T. Smith University, North Carolina A&T State University, then A&T College and others) decided to do this through music. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, along with Naval authorities, college presidents(The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central, Johnson C. I am writing you in hopes that you will consider researching and writing a book for children about the first Black Navy Band that performed during World War II. ![]()
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