CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When Clara Smith was younger, her father put training wheels on her bike. She stubbornly demanded that he remove them. For weeks, she walked around with scabbed arms and legs -- ...

Clara Smith was a legend in her own time. She played to packed halls from coast to coast, was featured in full-page ads in black newspapers and was even recognized by the highbrow cultural magazine ...

It doesn’t quite fit, right? Of course she is not missing the coffee which her father used to make for her and you will only realize it after listening to this song. Clara Smith. A black girl born in ...