Sharecropper’s Troubadour: John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union, and the African American Song Tradition
Michael K. Honey (auth.)Folk singer and labor organizer John Handcox was born to illiterate sharecroppers, but went on to become one of the most beloved folk singers of the prewar labor movement. This beautifully told oral history gives us Handcox in his own words, recounting a journey that began in the Deep South and went on to shape the labor music tradition.
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Year:
2013
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan US
Language:
english
Pages:
233
ISBN 10:
1137088362
ISBN 13:
9781137088369
Series:
Palgrave Studies in Oral History
File:
PDF, 5.76 MB
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english, 2013
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