Every time I think about Huddie Ledbetter and the Lomax family, a part of me just feels deeply disturbed.

The fact that Ledbetter was discovered to be this great artist after he murdered someone is just absolutely absurd. There is no way that he should have been allowed out of that prison.

And the fact that the Lomax family became this group of people who discovered some of the most well-known musicians like Jelly Roll Morton makes me so honestly sick.

They would use these artists as a way to get their messages across to people who wouldn’t listen to them otherwise.

I don’t know why I am always surprised by what our country has done in the past, it just makes me sicker and sicker every time.