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"THE BAND OF FIRSTS."
- The first HBCU to appear on national television during the 1955 Rams vs Bears NFL game halftime show.
- The first HBCU to perform at the Presidential Inauguration for John F. Kennedy in 1961.
- The first HBCU to be appointed by the NFL in 2002 as an official band for the Tennessee Titans.
- The first collegiate band to perform for the NFL Hall of Fame Halftime Show in 2014.
- The first band to play on the White House lawn for the celebration of opening of the National Museum of African American History & Culture in 2016.
- The first HBCU wind ensemble to perform literature in the 2018 Percy Grainger Wind Band Festival in Chicago, IL.
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