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A newspaper article around the time of his death questioned why there was so much secrecy surrounding the death of such a “National figure”. For reasons unknown, Harry Pace’s children immediately passed as white and never spoke of him again; shrouding his legacy within a family secret. His progeny
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to pay his way through school. However, after learning that white employees were earning more than black employees, Pace left the job and began working odd jobs on campus instead. It was at
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by his master, to whom he was related." There is little known about his parents. He finished elementary school at the age of twelve.
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would shift the music business as it reached a wider audience. Handy had no interest in changing the business and Pace resigned.
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