Sharecropper's troubadour : John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, and the African American song tradition
Honey, Michael K.2013
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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 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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Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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240 pages : illustrations (black and white).
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ISBN:
9780230111288 (pbk)
Dewey class:
782.421621920
Language:
English
Subject:
Handcox, John L., 1904-1992African American musicians -- BiographyAfrican Americans -- Music -- 20th century -- History and criticismSharecroppers -- United States -- Music -- History and criticismAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th centurySouthern Tenant Farmers' Union -- HistoryBiography
BRN:
228605