Sharecropper's Troubadour: Songs of Solidarity in Hard Times

Publication Date

2014

Document Type

Editorial

Abstract

In 1985, Pete Seeger introduced me to one of his long-time idols: John Handcox, an African American singer, poet, and union organizer. Pete had first heard John’s songs and poems recorded for a New Deal resettlement project led by Pete’s father, Charles and later deposited at the Library of

Publication Title

Smithsonian Folkways Magazine

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