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Blind Boy Fuller monument

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May 22, 2008
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Durham, NC
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Brick and metal monument to Blind Boy Fuller

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A monument to the late local bluesman Blind Boy Fuller stands on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham, North Carolina. The monument reads:

Blind Boy Fuller
1907-1941
(aka Fulton Allen)
Most influential Piedmont bluesman born in North Carolina. Played on the streets and around the tobacco warehouses of Durham. Lived in Hayti. Became a popular recording artist during the 1930s.
Buried nearby.