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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bessie Smith]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Blues musicians; Sexual minorities; Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937; Women blues musicians]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Bessie Smith in 1923, the year of her first record, which sold 780,000 copies in six months. It earned her only $125, but it established her as the leading blues singer. From BESSIE SMITH: EMPRESS OF THE BLUES (Schirmer Books/Frank Music, April 15).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Harold Jackman Memorial Committee]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1923]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[All images in this collection either are protected by copyright or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific object file name.]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[eng]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Black-and-white photographs]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[auc.034.0028]]></dcterms:identifier>
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