Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party, USA-1939-1956

The FBI, along with other governmental and right-wing organizations, monitored and planned to purge prominent folk singers of the twentieth century from the cultural realm due to their political associations with the American Communist Party. Aaron J. Leonard's book, "The Folk Singers and the Bureau," sheds light on this interplay and how it put them in the US governments repressive crosshairs.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 328 pages
\n Publication date: 08 September 2020
\n Publisher: Watkins Media
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Some of the most renowned folk singers of the 20th century, such as Woody Guthrie, 'Sis Cunningham, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Burl Ives, and others, were also political activists with various associations with the American Communist Party. As a result, the FBI, along with other governmental and right-wing organizations, were monitoring them, keeping meticulous files running many thousands of pages, and making (and carrying out) plans to purge them from the cultural realm. In The Folk Singers and the Bureau, Aaron J. Leonard draws on an unprecedented array of declassified documents and never before released files to shed light on the interplay between left-wing folk artists and their relationship with the American Communist Party, and how it put them in the US governments repressive crosshairs. At a time of increasing state surveillance and repression, The Folk Singers and the Bureau shows how the FBI and other governmental agencies have attempted to shape and repress American culture.

Some of the most renowned folk singers of the 20th century, such as Woody Guthrie, 'Sis Cunningham, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Burl Ives, and others, were also political activists with various associations with the American Communist Party. As a result, the FBI, along with other governmental and right-wing organizations, were monitoring them, keeping meticulous files running many thousands of pages, and making (and carrying out) plans to purge them from the cultural realm. In The Folk Singers and the Bureau, Aaron J. Leonard draws on an unprecedented array of declassified documents and never before released files to shed light on the interplay between left-wing folk artists and their relationship with the American Communist Party, and how it put them in the US governments repressive crosshairs. At a time of increasing state surveillance and repression, The Folk Singers and the Bureau shows how the FBI and other governmental agencies have attempted to shape and repress American culture.

\n Weight: 318g\n
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 28 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781913462000\n
Edition number: New ed\n