In July of 1959, armed officials raided the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee, during the final night of a weeklong leadership workshop for black and white participants of the burgeoning civil rights movement. They cut off the lights for […]
These two old vinyl LPs – a double-LP set from folk song legend Guy Carawan – have weathered many moves in their lives with my family. The spines are shredded from that one cat that liked to sharpen her claws on […]
Yesterday was Pete Seeger’s birthday. He would have been 96 years old*. I don’t really need to tell you what Seeger did in his life. His accomplishments, as well as his setbacks, are well-documented – from his early days with […]
