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March 30, 2009

Union Activist & Folklorist Archie Green, 91, Dies
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And the union activist and folklorist Archie Green has died at the age
of ninety-one. The New York Times said Green single-handedly persuaded
Congress to create the American Folklife Center at the Library of
Congress. For decades, he studied what he called laborlore: the work
songs, slang, craft techniques and tales that helped to define the trade
unions. Two years ago, he published The Big Red Songbook (Charles H.
Kerr), a collection of lyrics to more than 250 songs written by the
Industrial Workers of the World, best known as the Wobblies.



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