Nov. 12, 1937 – Feb. 9, 2025 In the care of Chapel of the Roses & Chapel of the Roses Cemetery ...

CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) – Black History is much more than a month at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center. They have exhibits on African American history, culture, sports and so much more.

Congress passes the first Fugi­tive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had ...

Charles Waring Bessie Smith – Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out She was dubbed, with some justification, the “Empress of the Blues” and though she died in 1937, aged 43, ...

I remembered this experience vividly as I read Imani Perry’s new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My ...

Red Dead Redemption 2 doesn't reveal many of the Van der Linde gang members' exact ages, but various in-game clues lead us to some solid assumptions.

Antioch Police Oversight commissioner Leslie May resigns after several contentious interactions with city leaders.

Joe Saumarez Smith has died aged 53Credit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos) Tributes have poured in for Joe Saumarez Smith from the worlds of racing, betting ...

Remember the days when Gogglebox star Izzie Warner would talk about her baby daughter Bessie on the hit Channel 4 show? Little Bessie is now five - and her mum has celebrated her birthday with a ...

Mike Smith is an award-winning editorial cartoonist featured daily in the Las Vegas Sun. Mike's work is syndicated nationally by King Features Syndicate. Read an interview with Mike by his alma ...