Written by Kathryn Begle
William Christopher Handy, known to history as W.C. Handy did not grow up with the fame he would possess in adulthood. He was born in a log cabin to a pastor's family in Florence, Alabama. He
Handy at the age of 19. Handy in 1941. Photo by Carl Van Vechten Bronze Statue of W.C. Handy in Memphis