Editing Bessie Smith (section)

==== Unmarked grave ====
Smith's grave remained unmarked until a tombstone was erected on August 7, 1970, paid for by the singer [[Janis Joplin]] and Juanita Green, who as a child had done housework for Smith.<ref>Albertson, ''Bessie'', p. 277.</ref> [[Dory Previn]] wrote a song about Joplin and the tombstone, "Stone for Bessie Smith", for her album ''[[Mythical Kings and Iguanas]]''. The Afro-American Hospital (now the [[Riverside Hotel (Clarksdale)|Riverside Hotel]]) was the site of the dedication of the fourth historical marker on the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07025/756420-37.stm|title=Historical Marker Placed on Mississippi Blues Trail|agency=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=February 9, 2007|date=January 25, 2007|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|archive-date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604045947/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07025/756420-37.stm|url-status=dead}}</ref>