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The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHF) is an organization and museum in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.It was founded in 1978, and opened as museum on September 18, 1993, with a mission "to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music as a legitimate, original and distinctive art form indigenous to America.
The Greenville Eight was a group of African American students, seven in high school and one in college, [1] that successfully protested the segregated library system in Greenville, South Carolina in 1960. Among the eight was Jesse Jackson, a college freshman. As a result of the staged sit-in, the library system in the city integrated.
The Bon Secours Wellness Arena was built in 1998 at a cost of US $ 63 million, under its former name of BI-LO Center, to replace Greenville's outdated and under-repaired Greenville Memorial Auditorium, which was imploded on September 20, 1997, on a site located across the street from the new arena. [ 5] The arena naming rights were purchased by ...
Carl Warwick (musician) Dinah Washington. Marzette Watts. Fred Wesley. Cootie Williams. Elmer Williams (saxophonist) Nelson Williams (trumpeter) Categories: Musicians from Alabama.
Soul/R&B. The Beach music classic "Stay" by Lancaster's Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. James Brown 's (buried in Aiken County) soul and funk song "I Got You (I Feel Good)" was #3 on the Hot 100 in 1965, and #1 on the Rhythm and Blues Singles. Greenville's Peabo Bryson 's R&B song "A Whole New World ...
B. Baker's Keyboard Lounge. Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King. Blue Bird Inn. Blue Note Hawaii. Blue Wisp Jazz Club. Blues Alley.
Public radio WHQA: 103.1 FM: Honea Path: The Power Foundation: Southern gospel WHQB: 90.5 FM: Gray Court: The Power Foundation: Southern gospel WHRT-FM: 91.9 FM: Cokesbury: Radio Training Network, Inc. Christian classic hits (Classic HIS Radio) WHRZ-LP: 104.1 FM: Spartanburg: First Baptist Church: Christian Top 40 (His Radio Z) WHXT: 103.9 FM ...
Greenville County ( / ˈɡriːnvɪl / GREEN-vil; locally / ˈɡriːnvəl / GREEN-vəl) is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 525,534, [ 1] making it the most populous county in the state. Its county seat is Greenville. [ 2] The county is also home to the Greenville County School District, the ...