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In america, we can lay claim to. what, in america, do we own? it is a comedy. you know the non-confederate romp through the cotton patch. emphasis on romp. >> and it's a musical? >> well, i'm gonna try to find a way to get some music in there. mr. davies wrote a play but, you know, it is hard for me to get on a stage and not saying a little. >> i think that the history, where we are now, the history of the whole idea of the sharecroppers, ownership, what he went through, that is important. as i said to you as a young activist i got to go ozzy davis, who was an activist. and ruby dee, who wasn'...

Director Deborah Gilmour Smyth said the 1981 musical teaches important lessons of inclusiveness and tolerance

A deep fryer caught fire at the Cotton Patch Cafe in Tyler, causing the restaurant to close for the rest of the day.

Briars in the Cotton Patch tells the nearly forgotten story of Koinonia Farm, a small Christian community in Southwest Georgia where whites and blacks chose to live and work together as equals despite the brutal and frightening consequences in the years leading up to the tumultuous Civil Rights era.

Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week: