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Veteran Backup Singer Roberta Freeman Remembers Mary Wilson Veteran Backup Singer Roberta Freeman Remembers Mary Wilson "Mary was my show biz Mommy," writes Freeman. "I wish I could tell her how much I appreciate her now" Andy Greene, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Roberta Freeman has worked with everyone from Guns N’ Roses and Pink Floyd to Cinderella and Weezer during her long career as a backup singer, but she points to a five-year stint with Mary Wilson of the Supremes as one of her greatest accomplishments. They traveled the globe in that time and performed timeless hits like “Bab...

While remembering those African-Americans who paved the way, there are still so many people who have made history in the past century.

Mississippi governor signs law for flag without rebel emblem Emily Wagster Pettus Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021. The Associated Press. All rights reserved Members of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Honor Guard prepare to raise the new Mississippi State flag at the Capitol in Jackson, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Earlier in the afternoon, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law that created the new state flag with magnolia at the center, six months after the state retired the last state flag in the U.S. that included the Confederate battle emblem. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) JACKSON, Miss...

California, i think, and we didn't have any money, so they started writing like crazy. and we started doing anything we could to pay the rent. >> we just happened to play the whiskey go go, and jimmy had a camera and took some pictures of the chicago transit at the marquee at the whiskey. and when i go by there, i think of jimmy and i standing there. >> we were opening for bb king or something like that. albert king. walter turned around to walk out, he probably -- he might have told you this story. >> i got a tap on my shoulder, and i turned around, i was putting one of my saxophones away. it...

Frozen in time. april 4th, 1968. it's a day she's only talked about with the closest of family members until now. were you having a conversation with anyone? >> no. i was not. i was not. i was just standing there. like in shock. >> reporter: witness number 43. mary ellen norwood. this memphis police report lists her as female, colored, 21, and employed at the lorraine as a waitress and cook. what was it like working here? >> i loved it. i did. i really loved it. >> reporter: walter and lori bailey owned the hotel in the segregated south. it was a safe place to stay for prominent black musician...