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TIL during racial segregation in the 1940’s, Elvis Presley grew up in what was a majority black community in Tupelo, Mississippi. He regularly attended black gospel church revivals & visited “Shake Rag” a local cultural hub for black folks, where he was first exposed to rhythm & blues music.

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