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DOSSIER – In this May 13, 1975, archive photo, Kate Smith sings "God Bless America" before an NHL Stanley Cup playoff game between the New York Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers in Philadelphia. The New York Yankees suspended the use of Smith's record of "God Bless America" during the seventh round while they were investigating an allegation of racism at the time. against the singer. (AP photo, file)
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PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Flyers have removed a statue of singer Kate Smith outside the arena of the NHL team, two days after being covered by accusations of racism against the 1930s star with a recording popular "God Bless America".
On Friday, the Flyers said Smith's "Smith Bless America" recording was removed from their library following the New York Yankees in baseball.
The Yankees suspended the use of Smith's record during the seventh inning amid contradictory statements about many of his songs, including a 1939 song entitled "That's why darkness was born" . was considered a satire at the time. Smith's resemblance also appears in a 1939 advertisement that heavily uses the mammal caricature, one of the most well-known racist representations of black women.
Smith's relationship with the Flyers began in 1969 when a member of the team ordered that his version of "God Bless America" be interpreted instead of "The Star Spangled Banner". She made him play the song several times before the games of the 1970s. A year after his death in 1986, the team erected the statue.
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