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NC panel recommends against historic marker for Bessie Smith staring down the KKK
Rock Hill Herald via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIf Bessie Smith were alive today, she’d likely be singing the blues about North Carolina. A state...
The push to commemorate the night Bessie Smith cussed and chased the KKK out of Concord
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBy the summer of 1927, Bessie Smith, the “Empress of the Blues” herself, was enjoying a high-riding...
Playwright August Wilson was ahead of his time. But would he have made it today?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAugust Wilson, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who chronicled the Black experience in...
Bridges: Janis Joplin's life took her from Port Arthur to Woodstock and back
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoJanis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late...
Best Lessons and Activities for Teaching Black History Month
Tech & Learning via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBlack History Month best lessons and activities. In 1926, Black historian Carter G. Woodson created...
I've spent 5 years researching the heroic life of Black musician Graham Jackson, but teaching his...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChief Petty Officer Graham Jackson mourns the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt on April 13, 1945....
‘His head swelled up to about five times normal size’: The horrific car crash that almost killed...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDays after releasing ‘Innervisions’, Stevie Wonder narrowly escaped death. On the 50th anniversary...
Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’ remix is a retort to Kelis
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoOPINION: Beyonce's talking back to her chief critic in her new record The post Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’ remix is a retort to Kelis appeared first on...
'By and large, I've had a wonderful life': Lodi native, jazz legend Pat Yankee dead at 96
Lodi News-Sentinel, Calif. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 11—The curtain has come down on a Lodi native, performer and musician who performed up and down the West Coast and on Broadway. Pat Yankee Weigum Rosenauer, known professionally as simply ...
