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Songs of Struggle & Protest: 1930-1950
Songs of Struggle & Protest: 1930-1950, sung by Pete Seeger. Features “Step by Step,” a musical setting of the preamble to the constitution of a 19th -century mineworkers’ union; songs from the coalfield wars of 1930s Harlan County, Ky.; and…
Talking Union
The Original Talking Union & Other Union Songs, with the Almanac Singers, Pete Seeger & Chorus. Side 2 is a reissue of Talking Union, a collection of three 78 rpm discs originally released by Keynote in 1941 and notable as the first album…
They’ll Never Keep Us Down: Women’s Coal Mining Songs
They’ll Never Keep Us Down: Women’s Coal Mining Songs.
Mostly contemporary songs affirming the roles of women—as the wives
and daughters of miners or as miners themselves—in the tradition of
resistance and union activism within coal communities.
Mostly contemporary songs affirming the roles of women—as the wives
and daughters of miners or as miners themselves—in the tradition of
resistance and union activism within coal communities.
People’s Songs Bulletin, First Anniversary Issue, Spring 1947
Organized to promote a singing labor movement, People’s Songs published a monthly bulletin for three years beginning in 1946. Featuring songs, stories, news, and reviews, the bulletin was designed to create a library of folk and topical songs for…