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THE PRESIDENT’S BLUESMAN

Josh White & Symphony Sid, WHOM, New York, N.Y., between 1946 & 1948 (William P. Gottlieb 09111)

Symphony Sid & Josh White, WHOM, New York, N.Y., between 1946 & 1948 (William P. Gottlieb – 15291)

Josh White & Mary_Lou Williams, ca. October 1947 (Gottlieb – 09191)

Josh White – 1935

Josh White, Cafe Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946 (William P. Gottlieb – 09091)

Gene Sedric, Cliff Jackson,_Olivette _Miller, & Josh White, Café Society (Downtown), New_York,_N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947 (William P. Gottlieb – 15891)

Writer: An Original Screenplay by ERIN HAZLEHURST

Producers: Joel Franco

From the Jim Crow South to the White House, this is the true story of the bluesman who used the power of his music to change the history of civil rights.

Traveling through the Jim Crow South in the Roaring Twenties, a shoeless bluesboy witnesses the coming of age of America’s most formative musical genre. After unprecedented success he recounts his life story to President FDR at the White House in 1941.

Based on true events, this is the story of Josh White, who uses his music as a powerful weapon in the fight for civil rights in America. First with President Roosevelt, and later with President Kennedy, Josh White and his mesmerizing blues help change the fate of a nation.

Writer: An Original Screenplay by ERIN HAZLEHURST

Producers: Joel Franco

From the Jim Crow South to the White House, this is the true story of the bluesman who used the power of his music to change the history of civil rights.

Traveling through the Jim Crow South in the Roaring Twenties, a shoeless bluesboy witnesses the coming of age of America’s most formative musical genre. After unprecedented success he recounts his life story to President FDR at the White House in 1941.

Based on true events, this is the story of Josh White, who uses his music as a powerful weapon in the fight for civil rights in America. First with President Roosevelt, and later with President Kennedy, Josh White and his mesmerizing blues help change the fate of a nation.

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