Edited sentence: After years of fighting for the right to vote, women were finally granted the privilege on August 18th 1920.Bessie was one of, if not the most popular singer of her era.Blacks weren’t allowed to do things such as sitting in the front of the bus, weren’t allowed to sit in certain restaurants, nor were they allowed to drink at the same water fountains as white people.During this time blacks and whites were still obviously segregated.Every once in while she would throw in lines flaunting her sexualality, which grabbed the attention of many people; considering no one else was really talking about such a topic at the time.Her lyrics and voice is what really captivated the people.However, there were three very courageous black women who blatantly spoke out against all of these issues.Living in America in the 1920s, being both black and a woman you were essentially bound for oppression.Not only did they speak out, they sang about it in their blues music.Not only segregated by choice, but by laws to.Not only was hard for black folks, it was hard for women.On average, women weren’t even making as much money as men during this time.One of the singers happened to be, the legendary Bessie Smith.Sadly, women were only making a fraction of the man’s dollar.She did it all, from music to broadway, then eventually to flims.She talked about poverty that were happening in the inner cities of America.She talked about the racial inequalities happening at the time.That is the reason she is very courageous, because she was taking risks no one else was taking.The 1920s was a very important time in American history.They influence many through the power of their words.This time in history was very difficult and unpleasant for black folks