It's Woody Guthrie's anniversary.
In 1950, Woody moved into the Beach Haven Apartment complex in Brooklyn, becoming a tenant of one Fred Trump.
Trump had availed of federal grants to build that complex, grants which were contingent upon his accommodating Black veterans of WWII
In 1950, Woody moved into the Beach Haven Apartment complex in Brooklyn, becoming a tenant of one Fred Trump.
Trump had availed of federal grants to build that complex, grants which were contingent upon his accommodating Black veterans of WWII
Trump took the Government's money and then refused to allow any Black tenants in Beach Haven.
When Woody discovered this, he was incensed.
In a white heat of rage, he wrote:
When Woody discovered this, he was incensed.
In a white heat of rage, he wrote:
"I suppose
Old Man Trump knows
Just how much
Racial Hate
he stirred up
In the bloodpot of human hearts
When he drawed
That color line
Here at his
Eighteen hundred family project."
Old Man Trump knows
Just how much
Racial Hate
he stirred up
In the bloodpot of human hearts
When he drawed
That color line
Here at his
Eighteen hundred family project."
God rest you, Woody. You'd have hated what happened to America, but you'd have been brilliant in attacking Fred Trump's imbecile spawn.
