"Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow Lies," by Sheila Curran Bernard. The wedding of Huddie and Martha Ledbetter on Jan. 20, 1935 included Alan Lomax, third from the left, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Smithsonian Folkways producer and archivist Jeff Place takes us through a history of the singer's biggest hits as he discusses the importance of ...
Please, Gov’ner Neff, be good an’ kind, An’ if I can’t get a pardon, will you cut my time? If I had you, Gov’ner Neff, like you got me, I would wake up in the mornin’ and set you free. This plea, ...