The Secret FBI files of Woody Guthrie & Dave Van Ronk
Date and Time
Friday Mar 29, 2019
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM PDT
Friday March 29, 2019 2pm
Fees/Admission
Complimentary with RSVP
Contact Information
Jessica White, Director of Community Relations
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Description
University of Washington OSHER series continues with Aaron Leonard, author and contributor to the History News Network. He will speak about two of the most influential folk singers of the twentieth century. Guthrie whose canon continues to shape music today and Van Ronk an early folksong mentor to Bob Dylan. The two political partisans peaked the interest of the FBI. This course will bring life to the link and intrigue between the Second Red Scare and the Great Folk Scare of the sixties.
