Thesis Statement

Bessie Smith was a famous African American blues singers born into a time period of segregation, she was acknowledged for her singing but not for her courage. Being loved by not only blacks but whites as well, there were plenty of obstacles and situations that stood in her way.But with every success there is a down fall but she still got through it. Bessie was at the top at a time she got signed to Columbia Records and selling over two millions copies of cds to getting droped from her record company and not selling anything or making any money.