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  • Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl | Woody Guthrie: Okies | PBS

Duration: 02:20
Program: Dust Bowl
Broadcast Date: Nov. 12, 2012

No matter their state of origin, all newcomers were dubbed Okies when they crossed the California border. Woody Guthrie talks about the extreme poverty he had seen across the country and sings "I Ain't Got No Home (In This World Any More)". The Dust Bowl premieres Nov. 18, 2012 on PBS

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Post Date: November 12, 2012