Down By The Riverside The film is “Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison (1966). Pete & Toshi Seeger and folklorist Bruce Jackson visited a Texas prison in Huntsville in March of 1966 and produced this rare film of work songs by inmates of the Ellis Unit. Worksongs helped African American prisoners survive the grueling work demanded of them. With mechanization and integration, worksongs like these died out shortly after this film was made. This video led me to an article on The Marshall Pro
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Down By The Riverside The film is “Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison (1966). Pete & Toshi Seeger and folklorist Bruce Jackson visited a Texas prison in Huntsville in March of 1966 and produced this rare film of work songs by inmates of the Ellis Unit. Worksongs helped African American prisoners survive the grueling work demanded of them. With mechanization and integration, worksongs like these died out shortly after this film was made. This video led me to an article on The Marshall Pro
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