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Honoring Black History Month: Charley Pride

For Black History Month, we revisit Charley Pride’s path from sharecroppers’ son and Negro Leagues player to country music ...
Charley Pride was the first great African American star of country music. Born in Sledge, MS in 1938, Pride left farm life behind and had a budding baseball career in the Negro and minor leagues. He ...