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Three Hamilton County schools teamed up to craft strategic funding plans that could change the way they secure resources in ...

The Bessie Smith Cultural Center hosted their annual "Speak Like a King" event Monday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Students from Chattanooga Preparatory School and Chattanooga Girls ...

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 ...

One Mo' Time recreates a hot, sultry night at New Orleans' Lyric Theatre in 1926, home to Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey among others. During the show, five performers and a five-piece band belt out ...

The School Resource Development Institute recently concluded its year-long program at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center today. This was all about helping Hamilton County schools strengthen funding ...