- Aliases
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Josh White and His Guitar
Joshua White
Joshua White and His Carolinians
Joshua White - The Singing Christian
Pinewood Tom
- Personal name
- Joshua Daniel White
- Born
- February 11, 1915
- Died
- September 5, 1969
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00032828195 2 works
00059475442 1 work
- Affiliation
- ASCAP
- Comments
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Influential blues/folk singer and guitarist. In the 1940s, White was perhaps the closest African American friend of President Franklin Roosevelt. In the 1950s, White's activism for civil and human rights made him a target of the House Un-American Activities Committee in front of which he testified, denouncing Communism. Although a "friendly" witness, White's testimony led to his blacklisting.
- Member of
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The Almanac Singers (on some recordings)
The Union Boys (1944)
- Family
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Bill White [US1] Brother
Josh White Jr. Son
Judy White Daughter
- Related
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Sam Gary [US1] Collaborator
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