Sharecropper's Troubadour: John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, and the African American Song Tradition

by Michael K. Honey

Book Overview

Descended from African American slaves, Native Americans, and white slaveowners, John Handcox was born at one of the hardest times and places to be black in America. Over the first few decades of the twentieth century, he survived attempted lynchings, floo

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230111289
• ISBN13: 9780230111288
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"