Birthdate of John L. Handcox (d. 1992), born in Brinkley, Arkansas on February 5, 1904. Sharecropper turned labor activist with Southern Tenant Farmers Union, and songwriter.
His “Roll the Union On” has been sung by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, & many others.
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