A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Mantan Moreland, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, two men, and a woman inside the DJ booth in Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio. The photograph, taken from the front window of Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, depicts the group standing in a row to the left and right of Bill Hawkins, behind a large DJ console with a microphone and a turntable. H

  • By James A. Joyce, American, Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975, Mantan Moreland, American, 1902 - 1973, Paul Williams, American, 1915 - 2002, George Williams, Unidentified Man or Men, Unidentified Woman or Women, Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, American, WDOK 1260, American, 1950 - 2015, Burkhardt Brewing Company, American, 1933 - 1956
  • Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of W. Allen Taylor, son of "Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins," The First Black Disc Jockey of Cleveland, Ohio
  • Rights: CC0