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Songs

Title
Songs
Description
This collection, published by folk singer and collector John Foreman—known as “The Broadsheet King”—brings together protest songs, traditional ballads, and spirituals. Reflecting grassroots musical activism, it illustrates how song circulated as a powerful tool of commentary, solidarity, and resistance in twentieth-century Britain.
Creator
John Foreman
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Broadsheet King
Date
Copyright Attribution
Courtesy of the Estate of John Foreman (publisher)
Format
Century
Exhibition Theme
Words for Change
Subject