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Blind Boy Fuller Monument

A monument to the late local bluesman Blind Boy Fuller stands on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham, North Carolina. The monument reads: Blind Boy Fuller 1907-1941 (aka Fulton Allen) Most influential Piedmont bluesman born in North Carolina. Played on the streets and around the tobacco warehouses of Durham. Lived in Hayti. Became a popular recording artist during the 1930s. Buried nearby.

For more about Fulton Allen go to: https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2018/02/13/durhams-blues-legend-blind-boy-fuller

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blazer8696. Blind Boy Fuller. 2008. Digital Image. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/blazer8696/2527392297/ (Accessed December 17, 2018).

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