Woody Guthrie’s Racial Views

MONTEREY BAY STORIES The new book Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937-1941 includes an essay that revisits Guthrie's racial views. When he was Growing up, Guthrie's family was closely associated with the Democratic Party in Oklahoma at a time when the Democrats were closely associated with the KKK. The essay argues Guthrie developed his sense of racial justice during his years in Los Angeles. (Listen to part one of this Monterey Bay Stories.) Listen to Woody Guthrie in a 1940 show with Leadbelly: https://youtu.be/HNj1WLpWDa8