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By the time Guthrie encountered Fred Trump, he had already written racially charged protest songs like "The Ferguson Brothers Killing," which condemned the police brutality that killed Charles and Alfonso Ferguson in 1946; however, it took over 60 years for historians to discover the impact Trump had on the singer-songwriter.
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jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)and for a long time.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)marybourg
(12,540 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)yes we older folks surly do. One of the first Songs Arlo did at a County Fair back in 1947.
BlueWI
(1,736 posts)I knew about the KKK arrest and the racist housing policies but not the Woody Guthrie connection. It seems important enough to be repeated frequently to make sure it's all common knowledge.
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)many Americans cherish.