MLK went to the The Highland Folk School (closed 1961), where Pete Seeger ("This Land is My Land") and Woody Guthrie (father of Arlo Guthrie "Alice's Garage") went. When Seeger is talking aboth "This Land is My Land/Your Land"he's talking about soclialst land re-distribution. I refused to sing it as a kid in school back in the '60's.
This link contains a picture of an article identifying what a Communist training ground Highland was and showing a picture of King's attendance there. On 2 September 1957, Martin Luther King joined with the staff and the participants of a leadership training conference at Highlander Folk School to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
I like parts of the song, but here are some not as well known, and seldom sung lyrics:
As I went walking I saw a sign there,
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing.
That side was made for you and me.
MLK went to the The Highland Folk School (closed 1961), where Pete Seeger ("This Land is My Land") and Woody Guthrie (father of Arlo Guthrie "Alice's Garage") went. When Seeger is talking aboth "This Land is My Land/Your Land"he's talking about soclialst land re-distribution. I refused to sing it as a kid in school back in the '60's.
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/151053
This link contains a picture of an article identifying what a Communist training ground Highland was and showing a picture of King's attendance there. On 2 September 1957, Martin Luther King joined with the staff and the participants of a leadership training conference at Highlander Folk School to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM94962
I like parts of the song, but here are some not as well known, and seldom sung lyrics:
As I went walking I saw a sign there, And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me.