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The Ku Klux Klan was a white supremacist organization that had a huge hand in the violence against people of color during the Blues era, and still exists today KKK Founded
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Jim Crow laws were laws that purposefully segregated people of color from whites, and brought with them the concept of lynching, which threatened the lives and peace of people of color for almost a century.
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Bessie Smith (or the "Empress of the Blues") was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. -
Chester Arthur Burnett, better known as Howlin' Wolf, was born in Whites, Mississippi. -
Robert L. Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, Mississipi. Robert Johnson Biography
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McKinley Morganfield (Also known as "Muddy Waters") was born Issaquena County, Mississippi -
One of Bessie Smith's most popular recordings was released. Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out by Bessie Smith
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Bessie Smith, the "Empress of the Blues" dies -
The famous blues song, "Me and the Devils Blues" by Robert Johnson was released. The song tells the story of a man waking up to the devil knocking at his door, telling him its his turn to go.
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Robert Johnson, the famous Delta Blues musician describes by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the "first ever rock star", died -
Howlin' Wolf was inducted into the army in 1941, where he served the 9th Calvary Regiment. In 1943, he was found unfit for the army and was later recorded saying "The army ain't no place for a black man".
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One of Howlin' Wolf's most popular songs "Smokestack Lighting" was released. Somkestack Lightning
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Chester Arthur Burnett, also known as "Howlin' Wolf" dies. -
McKinley Morganfield, also known as "Muddy Waters" dies. -
Robert Johnson was inducted into the Hall of Fame nearly 5 decades after his death.