Sharecropper’s Troubadour

John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union, and the African American Song Tradition

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, History, Americas
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Author: M. Honey ISBN: 9781137088369
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: November 19, 2013
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: M. Honey
ISBN: 9781137088369
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: November 19, 2013
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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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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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