Part Two: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down

Margaret continues her talk with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison

Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/bring-judgment-day/63271E8000571D588BF52B0F7CA2121E  (BJD26 for 20% off)

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Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/12/22/what-is-woke-meaning-naacp-leaders-talk-about-the-word-martin-st-lucie-indian-river-treasure-coast/8091099001/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/09/what-is-woke-meaning/11425775002/

https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy

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