After holding police court, minding the store and playing a few games of volleyball, Mr. Lanham took Anne and Julia Anne with him to hear “the noted Negro tenor” Roland Hayes sing. He doesn’t say where, but I would guess at Rome’s municipal auditorium. A great music lover, Mr. Lanham wrote that there was “a good house and a fine concert.” Julia Anne sat…
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