Charley Pride, the first African-American to enter the Country Music ... While Pride was not the first black singer in country music, he became one of its biggest stars during a period of division ...

Combining the heritage of African culture and the experiences encountered while in bondage, early African American ... forms of music in America. The Fisk University Jubilee Singers was the ...

African-American country singer Charley Pride (pictured), whose ... was not the first Black artist to make important contributions to country music, but he was a trailblazer who emerged during ...