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OverviewZilphia Horton was a pioneer of cultural organizing, an activist and musician who taught people how to use the arts as a tool for social change, and a catalyst for anthems of empowerment such as ""We Shall Overcome"" and ""We Shall Not Be Moved."" Her contributions to the Highlander Folk School, a pivotal center of the labor and civil rights movements in the mid-twentieth century, and her work creating the songbook of the labor movement influenced countless figures, from Woody Guthrie to Eleanor Roosevelt to Rosa Parks. Despite her outsized impact, Horton's story is little known. A Singing Army introduces this overlooked figure to the world. Drawing on extensive archival and oral history research, as well as numerous interviews with Horton's family and friends, Kim Ruehl chronicles her life from her childhood in Arkansas coal country, through her formative travels and friendship with radical Presbyterian minister Claude C. Williams, and into her instrumental work in desegregation and fostering the music of the civil rights era. Revealing these experiences-as well as her unconventional marriage and controversial death by poisoning-A Singing Army tells the story of an all-but-forgotten woman who inspired thousands of working-class people to stand up and sing for freedom and equality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kim RuehlPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9781477318256ISBN 10: 1477318259 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 23 March 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Long Line of Strong Women 2. Growth and Exploration 3. A Rift 4. Everything New 5. New in Town 6. Class and Privilege 7. New York City 8. Digging Roots 9. Conflict and War 10. No More Mourning 11. We Will Overcome 12. Getting Out of Town 13. Changing Direction 14. Trauma 15. Lunging Toward Civil Rights 16. Chicago 17. Contempt and Johns Island 18. Sustainability 19. Rosa Parks and the End of the Line 20. A Sudden, Shocking Accident Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Books Cited IndexReviews[A] vibrant new biography...A Singing Army vividly recreates the social and cultural history into which Zilphia Horton lived, and it brings to light her enduring achievements, her passionate vision for the arts and music and the ways they shape the human heart and effect social change, and her exceptional contribution to folk music and folk music scholarship. * No Depression * Author InformationKim Ruehl is a former editor in chief of roots music magazine No Depression. Her work has been published by Billboard, NPR Music, Columbia Journalism Review, CNN, and others. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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