CNN United Shades of America June 4, 2024 05:17:00
Henry. bessie smith, the empress of the blues. >> dr. bill turner is the truth. he wrote the book, the books, on black appalachia. his latest book, "harlem renaissance" details his life. >> well, this story, back in the day, the street would be filled. so, we used to say our little town was the blackest town for mountains around. when i was a child, the baseball leagues used to come here, otis redding. >> people outside wouldn't think of it as cosmopolitan but it must have felt that way. >> pretty much. there were people with all kinds of names. it was a rich mixture of the black south