The Bessie Smith Cultural Center hosted their annual "Speak Like a King" event Monday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A big surprise is Chattanooga’s affinity for New Orleans cuisine. There’s plenty of options for authentic Nawlin’s grub, but ...

Members of the Chattanooga area Moccasin Bend Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Red Bank Church of Christ for its fundraising meeting to benefit ..

Today, history comes alive at the historic Bessie Smith Cultural Center. Chattanooga Preparatory School and the Chattanooga Girls Leaderships Academy held an event honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin ...

But this wasn’t someone she sat with at school. In fact, it was a woman she had never met – the legendary blues singer Bessie Smith. Jackie’s first introduction to Bessie came in the form of ...

The Devil's Gonna Get You; Aggravatin' Papa; Oh Daddy Blues; Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out; Don't Cry Baby; Today; Interlude; Mam'selle Marie; Mourn You Mourners; Baby Won't You Please ...

Guitar legend T-Bone Walker, top, pioneered the jump blues style of the 1940s, and BB King, above, headed the blues revival in the 1960s Chattanooga-born Bessie Smith, nicknamed the Empress of the ...

Mrs. Bessie Ruth Smith, 76, of Pittsboro, transitioned to eternal rest on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, at her residence.