Singer Kate Smith has been embroiled in controversy after blatantly racist songs she sang in the 1930s, including “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” and “Pickaninny Heaven,” were brought to ...

Decades after her death, singer Kate Smith is in the news again and not in a good way. The woman who helped make “God Bless America” a seminational anthem, played before countless sports ...

It’s been more than 30 years since Kate Smith died, but the singer is at the center of a recent controversy about racist lyrics. Last week, the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers announced they would ...

Kate Smith’s rendition may now be tarnished by her own legacy, but Irving Berlin’s love letter to his adopted country still has the power to stir. By Nancy Coleman It was 1938, and Kate Smith ...

"She was certainly anything but a prejudice person," Kate Smith's niece said of her aunt Kate Smith’s family is none too pleased by the Philadelphia Flyers’ decision to cut ties with the late ...

The Philadelphia Flyers and New York Yankees have taken steps in recent days to distance themselves from the late "God Bless America" singer Kate Smith after learning that she sang two racially ...