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CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO CHARLEY, INSTEAD OF CHARLIE FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2000, file photo, Charley Pride performs during his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Country Music Association Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. Pride, the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi and became one of country music’s biggest stars and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died at age 86. Pride died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, according to Jeremy Westby of the public relations firm 2911 Media. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Charley Pride overcame racial barriers as country music star

By KRISTIN M. HALL - Associated Press

FILE - Country singer Jimmie Allen poses in Nashville, Tenn. on Jan. 22, 2019. Allen is nominated for best new artist at this year’s CMA Awards. He'll perform his hit song “Best Shot,” which made history when Allen became the first Black artist to launch his career with a No. 1 single on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Jimmie Allen rubs elbows with trailblazer Charley Pride

By KRISTIN M. HALL - Associated Press

FILE - Charley Pride performs &quot;Kiss An Angel Good Morning&quot; at the 50th annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. on Nov. 3, 2016. Pride will get a lifetime achievement award at the CMA Awards in November. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Trailblazer Charley Pride to get lifetime achievement award

By KRISTIN M. HALL - Associated Press

Charley Pride receives award at Grammy Museum Mississippi

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Taking Names: Smithsonian to exhibit items donated by Charley Pride

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Items from Charley Pride’s life set for museum

By JAMIE STENGLE - Associated Press