In defense of Kate Smith
by Cal Thomas, Tribune Content Agency
Apr 25, 2019
2 minutes
The long arm of the PC police has reached back to the '30s and arrested, prosecuted and sentenced the late singer Kate Smith. Smith, who popularized Irving Berlin's song "God Bless America" and was a female pioneer in early television, recorded songs that today in hindsight are viewed as racist.
An old friend, , writes to recall the early days of black-and-white TV
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