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In the 1920s, Huntington native Revella Hughes was in a pair of Broadway musicals with all-Black casts and recorded on W.C. HandyƵs Black Swan record label.

EditorƵs note: This is the 413th in a series of articles recalling vanished Huntington scenes.

HUNTINGTON Ƶ Revella Hughes (1895-1987) Ƶ the daughter of George W. Hughes, who was HuntingtonƵs first Black postal worker, and his wife, Annie, a piano teacher and seamstress Ƶ began playing the piano at age 5 and the violin at age 10. Clearly she was destined for a musical career, and what a career it was.

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