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Charley Pride overcame racial barriers as country music star

by Kristin M. Hall
| December 12, 2020 6:09 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Charley Pride wasn’t country music’s first Black artist, but he reached heights that had not been available to early Black singers and musicians in the genre. And he did it by winning over millions of country music fans.

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