Faced with the violence — both legal and extra-legal — inherent in the Jim Crow system, civil rights activists of the 1950s and 1960s forged a culture of strength and resistance. And, as Macomb, Illinois, guitar virtuoso Chris Vallillo says, music played a crucial role in the development of this movement culture: “Songs filled the […]
David Cochran
David Cochran teaches history at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois.
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Working class Joe: Bucky Halker covers Joe Hill’s labor rights ballads
Though it’s a century too late to save Joe Hill from the Utah firing squad, Bucky Halker wants to rescue him from the folkies …
