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4.27K subscribers. 877K views 10 years ago. ...more. This ballad tells the story of John Henry, an American folk hero. According to legend, he was the strongest and fastest railroad workers...
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Aug 30, 2019 · 41K views 4 years ago. Description: John Henry is an African American folk hero. He is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"—a man tasked with hammering a steel at the Great Bend Tunnel...
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Dec 20, 2022 · The Legend of John Henry: an American folk tale. Animated folk tale about John Henry, an African American, and his endeavour to cut a railroad tunnel through a mountain. Sung by Roberta...
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Dec 9, 2020 · Often performed under the title "Steel Driver Blues" or "Spike Driver Blues" (on YouTube ), the legend of John Henry concerns a powerful and highly talented Black railroad worker, an ex-slave whose task — steel-driving — was to force deep holes into the ground using enormous steel "spikes," for the deployment of explosives, clearing land ...
May 12, 2010 · 14. 7.3K views 13 years ago. John Henry was an African American who was born with a hammer in his hand. Strong, resourceful, John Henry becomes king of the railroad camps, known far and...
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The short is considered a milestone in American cinema as one of the first films to have a positive view of African-American folklore. [18] [19] In 1974, Nick Bosustow and David Adams co-produced an 11-minute animated short, The Legend of John Henry, for Paramount Pictures.
May 13, 2024 · John Henry, hero of a widely sung African American folk ballad. It describes his contest with a steam drill, in which John Henry crushed more rock than did the machine but died “with his hammer in his hand.”.
