Ninety-two years ago today, country music's first Black superstar and one of the most successful artists of the 1970s was born.
Born in Sledge, Mississippi, Charley Pride smashed through every racial barrier possible to cement his legacy in Nashville. In 1967, he became only the second Black artist to join the Grand Ole Opry.
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