By Michael Streissguth
The violent backlash that program director Chris Spindel feared in 1948 when WDIA shifted to Black-oriented programming never materialized. Although, according to production manager Don Kern,
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Investigating the Death of Bessie Smith
by Jim O’Neal
This document contains the full text of Dr. Hugh Smith’s reply to reporter B.J. Skelton as well as some of Skelton’s own observations and an account from Smith’s drummer Dave Oxley.
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Chasing the Paramount Paper Trail
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Complete examples of the F.W. Boerner flyers from 1933. The flyers advertise
releases on several labels,
