Sharecropper's troubadour : John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, and the African American song tradition / by Michael K. Honey.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Honey, Michael K.
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:
Handcox, John L., > 1904-1992.
Southern Tenant Farmers' Union > History.
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Sharecroppers > United States > Music > History and criticism.
Physical Description:xix, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Freedom after 'while : life and labor in the Jim Crow south
  • Raggedy, raggedy are we : sharecropping and survival
  • The planter and the sharecropper : the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
  • There is mean things happening in this land : terror in Arkansas
  • Join the union tonight : interracial organizing in Missouri
  • Getting gone to the promised land : California
  • I'm so glad to be here again : the return of John Handcox.