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Sounds of Blackness

CTL-P-0702 · Person

STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-02491 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0702. Master record source: Soul Train Awards build 2026-10-16 — sourced from Wikipedia ceremony pages.

Added as a Soul Train Music Awards winner

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Added as a Soul Train Music Awards winner

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Won Best Gospel Album at the Soul Train Music Awards 1995 — per the published Soul Train Music Awards winners lists (per-year lists fetched in full during recovery Phase C, 2026-10-17)

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Record CTL-P-0702 · Combined Graph record U-02491 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · 1 source · 1 mapped relationship.
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Researched and maintained by the CultureTechLens research program · CultureTechLens Combined Graph, Release 2026-11-04. Corrections are public: the corrections log.

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Having fun at rollerskating rink of Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Having fun at rollerskating rink of Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Instructors in roller skating at Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Instructors in roller skating at Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Saturday crowd at the Palm Tavern bar, 47th Street, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Saturday crowd at the Palm Tavern bar, 47th Street, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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