Jules Bledsoe's Street

ID: 1460 ~ Source: Malone-Mayes, Vivienne Lucille, interviewed by Rebecca M. Sharpless, August 4, 1987, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Vivienne Lucille Malone-Mayes speaks of a block on fourth street where African Americans lived, including Jules Bledsoe's family.

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By Amanda Sawyer
Julius “Jules” Bledsoe’s extraordinary musical talent transcended racial discrimination of the nineteenth century and established him as a pioneer in American music. Bledsoe was born on December 29, 1897, to Henry and Jessie Bledsoe in Waco. Even…