A Life Cut Short by Racism (338 words, 1 pages)
Bessie SmithMeredith Kerr2-21-00Bessie Smith was born in a shack in Chattanooga, Tennessee around 1894. Black birth certificates were not kept very well back then, but that is the assumed date. In those times black women did not have many choices for careers, but Bessies talent proved to be more than ...
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