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African American man in collar and tie

White men with hat in western clothing playing an acoustic guitar

“Arkie” Shibley

Young white man with glasses and long beard

Young white man with long beard singing and playing guitar on stage

African-American men in matching suits performing on stage

Adolphus Hotel Orchestra

Group of white men and women singing in choir with sheet music books in hand

Arkansas Chamber Singers

View of choir and percussion instruments from above

Arkansas Chamber Singers

Three white men, one white woman, seated, holding stringed instruments before staircase

ASO String Quartet

UPS truck tree and car on street in front of storefront building that says

White woman in cowboy hat on poster

Barbara Fairchild Poster

African-American man with glasses and mustache smiling in suit and bow tie

White man with long hair and beard in hat and long coat

Old white man in hat and suit holding a harmonica

Billy Lee Riley

Weathered green

Group of white men and two women with their instruments

Bob Larkan and Family

Vinyl record with red and gold label

Bob Larkan Record

Older African-American man with mustache smiling in suit with bow tie holding a harmonica

Older African-American man with mustache sitting with guitar on stage singing into a microphone

Bobby Rush in Concert

White woman in red dress playing acoustic guitar on stage

Bonnie Montgomery

White man in suit with hat over his heart below American flag drawing and text on sheet music cover

Britt Sheet Music

White man smiling in cowboy hat and western suit on album cover with red and blue background and white text

White man with beard and cowboy hat and white man with beard on black background with red and white text and footstep designs

Brooks and Dunn Music

White man with beard and cowboy hat on album cover with blue tint and text

Buddy Jewell Music

Two African-American and two white musicians playing their instruments in room

Caldwell and Band

White man with glasses standing with arm around his oung girl in dress sitting

Caldwell and Daughter

African-American man with mustache and glasses in suit and tie

Old white man with glasses sitting in chair

Single-story house with white paneling and historical marker sign on grass with tree

Johnny Cash Boyhood Home

White man in cowboy hat and suit on

Charlie Rich Music

Exterior of single-story dancing club building with Coca-Cola advertisements on it

Parked cars outside single-story building

Concrete plaque with names engraved

White man with glasses in judge's robes on campaign card

David Newbern Campaign Card

Young man in Naval uniform and woman in Naval cap yelling with text on songbook cover

Dick Powell Music

Young white man in suit and tie on concert announcement in newspaper

Elvis Presley Ad

Young white woman smiling under large hat

white man in suit and hat seated on tree stump playing fiddle, photo labeled

African-American man in suit who has a gap in his teeth with his arm around a smiling woman wearing a fur-trimmed coat

Huddie (Leadbelly) Ledbetter and Martha Ledbetter

Older white woman in maroon checkered dress playing a banjo

Multistory brick building with arched top story windows and awning on sidewalk

Grand Opera House

White man at microphone with banjo, shading eyes

African-American man with mustache smiling in tuxedo

Lawrence Hamilton

Goldie E and Albert E Brumley grave marker with flowers

Brumley Gravesite

White and African-American musicians painted on cement levee wall behind railroad tracks

Helena-West Helena Levee Art

Blues Trail Sign

Old white woman with glasses holding a tiny fiddle next to white woman in glasses and blue shirt

Violet Hensley with "Homecoming" Fiddle

White musicians performing on stage with old white woman on screen behind them

Violet Hensley at the Grand Ole Opry

Filled-in draft card for

Hibbler Draft Card

Portraits of white man speaking into a microphone and white man with glasses on green background with white text

Holyfield / Goodrum Concert

White man with long hair in white shirt and jeans singing with band on stage

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