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  • Chapter 6 - 1918: The State of Texas v. Walter Boyd

  • Sheila Curran Bernard, University at Albany, State University of New York
  • Book:
    Bring Judgment Day
    Published online:
    21 June 2024
    Print publication:
    11 July 2024, pp 86-104

  • Summary

    In another correction to the Ledbetter legend, this chapter explores in depth the events of 1917 and 1918 that resulted in Ledbetter’s incarceration, under the alias “Walter Boyd,” in Texas state prisons. After spending two years at the Shaw State Farm near DeKalb, he is transferred along with other Black men to the Imperial State Farm at Sugar Land, and it is there that he comes into contact with Texas Governor Pat Neff. In January 1925, as Neff leaves office, he responds to Ledbetter’s pleas and grants him a full pardon.

  • Chapter 1 - Encounter at Angola

  • Sheila Curran Bernard, University at Albany, State University of New York
  • Book:
    Bring Judgment Day
    Published online:
    21 June 2024
    Print publication:
    11 July 2024, pp 8-27
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    John and Alan Lomax first encountered Huddie Ledbetter at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in the summer of 1933, while they were recording songs for a book eventually titled American Ballads and Folk Songs. A year later, they recorded him again, including an appeal he made to Louisiana governor O.K. Allen. This chapter explores the history of Angola, conditions there during Ledbetter’s incarceration, and Ledbetter’s extensive efforts to achieve his own early release.