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Bukka White

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Year of Birth:1909
Year of death:1977

Biography

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Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White (born on November 12, 1906; died February 26, 1977) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer.
Booker T. Washington White was born on a farm south of Houston in northeastern Mississippi on November 12, 1906. Bukka is a phonetic spelling of White's first name; he was named after the African-American educator and civil rights activist Booker T. Washington. White was a first cousin of B.B. King's mother (White's mother... more

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