Blind Boy Fuller monument 1199163600

A monument to the late local bluesman Blind Boy Fuller stands on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham, North Carolina. The monument reads: Blind Boy Fuller 1907-1941 (aka Fulton Allen) Most influential Piedmont bluesman born in North Carolina. Played on the streets and around the tobacco warehouses of Durham. Lived in Hayti. Became a popular recording artist during the 1930s. Buried nearby.

For more about Fulton Allen go to: https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2018/02/13/durhams-blues-legend-blind-boy-fuller

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blazer8696. Blind Boy Fuller. May 22, 2008. Photograph. Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/4RkxFg. Accessed February 20, 2026.