Josh White, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josh White

American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1914

Place of Birth: Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1969

Profession: actor, singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist.
He also recorded under the names Pinewood Tom and Tippy Barton in the 1930s. White grew up in the South during the 1920s and 1930s.
He became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel music, and social protest songs.
In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely.
His repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk songs, and political protest songs, and he was in demand as an actor on radio, Broadway, and film. However, White's anti-segregationist and international human rights political stance presented in many of his recordings and in his speeches at rallies were subsequently used by McCarthyites as a pretext for labeling him a communist to slander and harass him.
From 1947 through the mid-1960s, White was caught up in the anti-communist Red Scare, and as a consequence his career was damaged.
However White's musical style would go on to influence several generations of musical artists.



Description	American photographer and journalist
Date of birth/death	28 January 1917	23 April 2006
Location of birth/death	Brooklyn	Great Neck
Work period	1930s date QS:P,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 , 1940s date QS:P,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q622278 VIAF: 113043399 ISNI: 0000 0001 1780 1486 LCCN: n82145642 GND: 123340144 BNF: 17060247k WorldCat