"Green Grow the Lilacs": Summer of the "Okies"
WGTB is presenting Lynn Riggs' 1931 classic Green Grow the Lilacs, wherein two of the townsfolk identify themselves as being one quarter Native.
Today in labor history: Ode to a labor troubadour, Woody Guthrie
He wasn't afraid to tackle the problems that workers and unionists faced, while bucking up their spirits, by singing about the people, you and me.
Today in history: Ringo Starr turns 75, asks for peace and love
Ringo Starr, legendary drummer for the Beatles, and a world-renowned advocate for peace, was born as Richard Starkey in Liverpool, England, on this date in 1940.
Today in history: Earl Robinson, composer of “Joe Hill,” born
On this date in 1910, composer Earl Robinson was born in Seattle.
