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

Publication Data

• Title Sharecropper's troubadour : John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, and the African American song tradition
• Author Michael K. Honey
• Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date 2013
• Publication location New York
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Handcox, John L., 1904-1992
• Southern Tenant Farmers' Union :: History
• African Americans :: Music :: History and criticism.
• 016503067

Sharecropper's troubadour : John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, and the African American song tradition by Michael K. Honey. ISBN 9780230111288. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.