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This Land Is Your Land: The Story Behind the Song

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Today, this classic folk song is usually sung as a popular pro-America anthem by Americans of every background. But it was written to have a radical edge that hollered for the country to make its bounty available to rich and poor alike.

This Week in People’s History, Jan 8–14

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Educational TV Gets Schooled About Race (1975), ‘It Was the Right Thing To Do’ (1930), Negligence Kills, But Only the Victims Pay (1860), Paul Robeson Is John Henry (1940), New Technology Remakes an Industry (1960), A Classic Ragtime Spiritual (1925)