New York State Folklife Reader: Diverse Voices

New York State Folklife Reader: Diverse Voices

Elizabeth Tucker
Ellen McHale

Abstract

Georgia Southern University faculty member Karen M. McCurdy co-authored “Employing Music in the Cause of Social Justice: Ruth Crawford Seeger and Zilphia Horton” in the publication New York State Folklife Reader: Diverse Voices.

Chapter Summary: Our chapter is included in the Resistance section of the twenty-three chapter reader for the undergraduate folklore audience. It is the only example of music or politics in the reader.