#OTD Mar 2, 1921: Insurance executive and music publisher Harry Pace established Pace Phonograph Corporation on the Black Swan label. It is the first Black-owned and operated record company, recording jazz, blues, gospel and operatic arias.
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"Harry Pace, Insurance Executive and Music Publisher." Historianspeaks, March 2, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/harry-pace-insurance-executive-and-music-publisher.
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