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Bessie Griffin (née Arlette B. Broil; July 6, 1922 – April 10, 1989) was an American gospel singer. From junior high into the late 1940s, she sang with the Southern Harps, who were better known later as the Southern Revivalists of New Orleans, then performed with The Caravans for a year and toured with W. Herbert Brewster Jr ...
Bessie Griffin, 1977. Bessie Griffin (* 6. Juli 1922 in New Orleans als Arlette B. Broil; † 10. April 1989 in Culver City, Kalifornien) war eine amerikanische Gospelsängerin. Als erste Interpretin von Gospels trat sie mit diesem Repertoire auch in Nachtclubs auf. Leben und Wirken
Bessie Virginia Blount, also known as Bessie Blount Griffin (November 24, 1914 – December 30, 2009), was an American writer, nurse, physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist.
5. März 2023 · Bessie Virginia Blount, pioneer physical therapist, inventor, and scientist, was born in Hickory (today Chesapeake), Virginia, on November 24, 1914. In the sixth grade, she had to discontinue her elementary education, although she would later earn a GED after her family moved to New Jersey.
7. Juli 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of Bessie Blount Griffin, a Black woman who overcame racism and poverty to become a pioneer in physical therapy, forensics, and invention. She taught amputee veterans to write with their teeth and feet, analyzed handwriting for police, and invented devices to help disabled people.
Learn about Bessie Blount Griffin, a Black woman who invented devices to help amputee patients and became a forensic handwriting analyst. She faced discrimination and challenges, but donated her inventions to France and Belgium.
24. Sept. 2010 · Bessie Griffin was one of the GREAT voices of gospel music. In his 1985 book The Gospel Sound gospel expert Anthony Heilbut wrote, "thirty years ago, singers began announcing that she could outsing Mahalia Jackson, and Bessie has never lived it down.
