Dave Lewis <[log in to unmask]> writes (in part):

>To date there is only one major account of Blind Tom's activities, and it
>is yet incomplete- Dr.  Geneva Southall's "Blind Tom: The Post Civil War
>Enslavement of a Black Musical Genius".  The first two volumes (of three)
>chronichling his life on a year-by -year basis have been published
>privately.  Address, and I have no idea if it's still valid, would be
>Challenge Productions, PO Box 9624, Minneapolis, MN 55440.

The current Minneapolis telephone directory does not list a "Challenge
Productions", but there is a "Challenge Printing" at a 55344 Zip Code.
I called, but there is no relationship between the earlier and current
organizations.

Terry L Newstrom
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