“Folksongs and the U.S. Labor Movement” to be presented in singing lecture at Tusculum College

“Folksongs and the U.S. Labor Movement” will be the topic of a singing lecture planned for Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Tusculum College. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Behan Arena Theater in the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Center on the Greeneville campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Corey Dolgon

The unique lecture will be presented by Dr. Corey Dolgon, a folksinger and American culture and sociology professor at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, and will focus on the role that folksongs play in the U.S. labor movement, with Dr. Dolgon’s words and music bringing both history and theory to life.

Dr. Dolgon is a long-time labor activist and community organizer and has used folk songs to build solidarity on the line and engage students in the classroom. This singing lecture covers labor history from a multicultural perspective and examines the function of folk songs in workers’ lives, labor, and organizing.

Dr. Dolgon is the author of five books, including the forthcoming “Kill it to Save it: How American Common Sense is Killing Us.” He has also written numerous articles and book reviews which have appeared in anthologies, journals and magazines.