BLANTON, CAROL

BLANTON, CAROL. College professor/Concert pianist (10 January 1911 in St. Helena Island, South Carolina; 15 February 1974 in Baltimore, Maryland). She came from a musical family. Her father, Joshua Enoch Blanton , long-time president of Vorhees Institute in South Carolina, traveled during World War I with the War Camp Community Service, entertaining the troops, along with pianist Helen Hagan , and teaching servicemen to sing Negro spirituals and other folksongs. She obtained her...