Red dust and broadsides : a joint autobiography /
AL Cunningham
Cunningham, Sis
Red dust and broadsides : a joint autobiography / Agnes "Sis" Cunningham and Gordon Friesen ; edited by Ronald D. Cohen ; foreword by Pete Seeger. - Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, 1999. - xiv, 371 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361), discography (p. 361), and index.
"Born into poverty in rural Oklahoma, further shaped by the hardships of the "dustbowl" Depression years, Sis and Gordon were already committed to radical causes when they met and married in 1941. A short time later they moved to New York City, where they befriended Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. Sis joined the folk protest group the Almanac Singers, and Gordon continued his work as a journalist. Although blacklisted for their political views during the McCarthy era, Sis and Gordon persevered and eventually launched Broadside, which they continued to produce for almost twenty years. The magazine was instrumental in promoting the careers of many singer-songwriters". From http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com
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