Bunk Johnson and Leadbelly

June 27, 2014 1:56 a.m.

Portrait of Bunk Johnson, Leadbelly, George Lewis, and Alcide Pavageau, Stuyvesant Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946

Bunk Johnson and Leadbelly at the Stuyvesant Casino in New York City. June 1946. Read more about Leadbelly in this TPM Editor’s Blog post on the passing of Pete Seeger.

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