"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" - Bob Dylan cover
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Channel: Bhushan Sthapit · 2017 · Music
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is a topical song written by Bob Dylan. Recorded on October 23, 1963, the song gives a generally factual account of the killing of a 51-year-old African-American barmaid, Hattie Carroll, by the 24-year-old William Devereux "Billy" Zantzinger, a young man from a wealthy white tobacco farming family in Charles County, Maryland, and of his subsequent sentence to six months in a county jail, after being convicted of assault. The lyrics are a commentary on 1960s racism. When Carroll was killed in 1963, Charles County was still strictly segregated by race in public facilities such as restaurants, churches, theaters, doctor's offices, buses, and the county fair. souce: Wikipedia
