The familiar cliche is that Chicago’s international reputation rests primarily on three features: roaring ’20s gangsters typified by Al Capone, machine politics and Michael Jordan. But were there any ...
Legendary soul artist Sam Cooke got his start performing with the Soul Stirrers in Pine Bluff. Samuel Cook, known professionally as Sam Cooke, was born on Jan. 22, 1931, in Clarksdale, Miss., to ...