The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 17th, 2000
Celebrities
Charley Pride elected into Country Music Hall of Fame
From Journal Sentinel wire reports
Saturday, June 17, 2000
Charley Pride, whose first three singles were released without a photograph, to conceal his race, has become the first black to be voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
"In our culture, we're just ate up with what I call skin hang- ups," the 62-year-old singer said Friday. "I'm glad I'm in the Hall of Fame. I'm glad I'm right next to people that I love -- Ernest Tubb, Marty Robbins, the whole bit. I don't care if they're pink."
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