-Caveat Lector- Prudy, I cannot help what lies were told at the time by others like yourself with a need to exaggerate the racial problems of the South. At least Hammonds had the decency to retract his, unlike you, and he is the source of the original lies told. Of course those with an agenda such as yours are going to run with the original inaccuracy and NEVER, NEVER change any ideas set in your mind which are contrary to what you want so badly to believe in the first place. Some accounts further fabricated her being turned away at not one but three hospitals. And one consummate liar took it upon himself to write a play based on this fabrication. That is when it turns into propaganda, which is all it ever was. Samantha, I am oh so sorry Dalton Robert's post was not written to your high standards of clarity. He is far on up in years and is a blues singer who possibly knows as much on the subject as anybody still living. His advanced age causes some of us to overlook shortcuts he might take in writing. I just appreciated the hell out of his taking the time to answer me in the first place. Clearly he meant neither and was referring to Bessie being the injured one. How good of you, and typical, to point out this lapse in phraseology of someone so ancient! BTW, he does write professionally. Amazing how others are able to understand him. Allow me to apologize on his behalf to you for writing something that "does not make sense" to you, the standard of what does and does not make sense. How could he be so stupid!! Good thing you are there to point this out and I truly hope when you approach his years, you, too, will be blessed with people such as yourself to prevent your committing such horrendous blunders! Just because a person lives to be so old does not give them the right to not "make sense" in posting to far more important folks like you. See excerpt and source below. Save your time, Samantha, finding outdated sources from before this was clarified by the driver and others involved for they do still exist, left uncorrected those so reluctant to let go of a lie so self-serving that they love so much. Amelia On the eve of John Hammond's departure to Mississippi to bring her back to New York, September 27, 1937, to record again, Bessie Smith was in an automobile accident just below Clarksdale, Mississippi on the main road to Memphis. Her right arm was nearly severed in the crash, and Bessie died from loss of blood. In a 1937 article by John Hammond he reported that Bessie Smith died after being denied admission to a hospital because of her skin color. However Hammond has since admitted his report was based on hearsay, and those since interviewed who had direct knowledge of the events have made it clear that this was not the case. http://mathrisc1.lunet.edu/blues/Bessie_Smith.html <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
