Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956

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Dates:
Birth 1910-04-14
Death 1956-04-11

Biographical notes:

Director of Music, Highlander Folk School, Grundy County, Tennessee, 1935-1956; wife of school director Myles Horton.

From the description of Zilphia Horton folk music collection, 1935-1956. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 27089264

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Subjects:

  • Civil rights
  • Folk music
  • Folk songs, English
  • Labor unions
  • Protest songs
  • Race
  • Radicalism

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Places:

  • United States (as recorded)

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