&lt;p class="p2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Rise and Fall of Black Swan. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt;&lt;span&gt;It was Motown before Motown, FUBU before FUBU: Black Swan Records, the record company founded by Harry Pace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Vanishing of Harry Pace&lt;/em&gt; was created and produced by Shima Oliaee and Jad Abumrad. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt;Harry Pace founded Black Swan Records exactly 100 years ago. Pace launched the career of Ethel Waters, inadvertently invented the term rock n roll, &lt;span&gt;played an important role in W.C. Handy becoming "Father of the Blues," &lt;/span&gt;inspired &lt;em&gt;Ebony&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Jet&lt;/em&gt; magazines, and &lt;span&gt;helped desegregate &lt;/span&gt;the South Side of Chicago in an epic Supreme Court battle. Then, he disappeared.  The &lt;em&gt;Vanishing of Harry Pace&lt;/em&gt; is a series about the phenomenal but forgotten man who changed the American music scene. It's a story about betrayal, family, hidden identities, and a time like no other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt;This series was produced in collaboration with author Kiese Laymon, scholar Imani Perry, screenwriter Cord Jefferson, and WQXR’s Terrance McKnight. Jami Floyd is our consulting producer; our fact checker is Natalie Meade. Peter Pace lent his voice for our readings. B&lt;span&gt;ased on the book &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Blues-Americas-black-owned-ebook/dp/B00NJ2BS4S"&gt;Black Swan Blues: the Hard Rise and Brutal Fall of America’s First Black Owned Record Label&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;by Paul Slade. The series features&lt;/span&gt; interviews with Pace's descendants and over forty musicians, historians, writers, and musicologists, all of whom grapple with Pace’s enduring legacy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt;This series is also a partnership with &lt;a href="https://www.radiodiaries.org/"&gt;Radio Diaries&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;

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The Vanishing of Harry Pace: Episode 1

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