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Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"What happened when a former slave took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans? Thousands of futures got a little brighter and a great American art form was born. In 1891, Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins opened his orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina. He soon had hundreds of children and needed a way to support them. Jenkins asked townspeople to donate old band instruments - some of which had last played in the hands of Confederate...
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