"Bessie" Mural

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"Bessie" Mural

Kevin Bate painted this mural of Bessie Smith - The Empress of the Blues - a Chattanooga native who performed on this street, then known as “The Big Nine”.

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"Bessie" Mural

500 E M L King Blvd
Chattanooga, TN 37403

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