Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
Plot: Pete and Toshi Seeger, their son Daniel, and folklorist Bruce Jackson visited a Texas prison in Huntsville in March of 1966 and produced this rare document of of work songs by inmates of the Ellis Unit. Worksongs helped African American prisoners survive the grueling work demanded of them
Release Date:
Tuesday, March 1 1966
59 years ago
59 years ago
Pete Seeger
Toshi Seeger