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Walter Turnbull
Walter Turnbull, courtesy of Libra News
Major Works
- Lift Every Voice: Expecting the Most and Getting the Best From All of God’s Children (1987)
Walter Turnbull: A Biography
by Torey Brown (SHS) 2002, Updated 2015
Walter Turnbull is a musician, author, and Mississippi-raised African American who founded the world famous Harlem Boys Choir.
He was born in 1944 in Greenville, Mississippi, to Lena Green and Jake Turnbull, Jr. He started learning the way of life from his grandfather, Woodley Turnbull, who taught the old folktales of slavery and the meaning of being a real man.
Turnbull attended the local high school in Greenville.
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He wasn’t an athletic person, but he had the urge to sing. He joined the high school choir directed by Herticene Jones. She was a demanding teacher that focused on the traits of being on time, concentrating, and putting in as much practice as need to achieve perfection.
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