Tallulah Bankhead and W. C. Handy

Tallulah Bankhead sits and talks with "Father of the Blues" and fellow Alabamian W. C. Handy. A devoted supporter of the civil rights movement, Bankhead helped Handy start a fund to provide resources to emerging Black musicians in the 1950s.

Tallulah Bankhead with W.C. Handy, Father of the Blues
Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Tallulah Bankhead with W.C. Handy, Father of the Blues