Bessie! Bessie! Bessie! Three Women to Know

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Ebony magazine. Many thanks to Dream Hampton for permission to re-publish. -E.B. That the Latin definition of triumvirate translates literally into “of three men” hasn’t stopped my favorite triumvirate from being three Bessies: three very special sister-heroes who just happen to share the same name. I came to [...]