Here is Joan Baez at Woodstock, in 1969, singing "Joe Hill". Hill, a labor organizer, was convicted of murder, and executed by a Utah firing squad in 1915. The execution was controversial. President Wilson twice ask the Governor of Utah to stop the execution.
A new book contains recently discovered evidence that Hill was not guilty of the murder. The Pittsburg Post-Gazette has this article about the book: Examining a Labor Hero's Death
Baez also performs "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".
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