The Voice a Song: Oral Histories and Songs of Labor and Community in East Tennessee

An afternoon of songs, stories, and reminiscing about the rich culture of collaboration from East Tennessee community and labor organizers past and present. The oral history stories will be led by Jessie Wilkerson, University of Tennessee history professor and author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice (2019). Local musicians will perform songs of labor and social justice inspired by the music archives of the Highlander Center. The audience is encouraged to participate in a collaborative-paper-quilt based on the stories and music.

This event will take place in the gallery of the exhibition The Body is a Drum, The Voice a Song, the Soul a Fire.

Free and open to the public!