most of the time when people hear woody guthrie songs, they are not woody singing them.one else. he spent his time traveling. he spent his time in the migrant worker can't, in union organization rallies. so he did not spend a great deal of time in recording studios that is what makes the recordings he did make so significant and important to us. woody guthrie: ♪ have a little fun the price is up the rain come down got a raise me a family ♪ ♪ >> woody definitely had themes to his writing. woody wanted to make sure his people were well represented in his artwork and lyrics. there are some sketches here, the city of los angeles, "no children wanted." we have the hoovervilles over here and the shining city in the background. he said one consolation left is that children raised in the city of the sun will always be the brightest. he felt the one way the migrant workers could create workers rights was to unionize. at this time, that was a dangerous concept. today it is like yes, i will join a union. at that time, not so much of an option without facing some kind of violence. i

it started with the purchase of the woody guthrie archives from woody's daughter, nora. plan was to have this research facility in tulsa. as the concept grew into the idea of opening up the archives to a new generation and teaching people about woody's important part in american history, this museum came to be. we consider it a place to inspire people. we want them to investigate what woody did with his talent and inspire people to use their talents to do something of their own. woody guthrie: ♪ when the sun come shining i was strolling ♪ >> many people displaced during the dust bowl were just looking for a better way of life. some had lost their forms due to foreclosure. others had lost their farms due to the dust bowl itself, the drought, and all of the winds that blew their soil away. and they had nothing. they were promised this garden of eden and plenty of work. come to california and we will have plenty of work for you. it is a wonderful place to be. when they arrived, they found that was not what was going on. they had been the victims oftentimes of a marketing pl

most of the time when people hear woody guthrie songs, they are not woody singing them.g. he spent his time in the migrant worker camps in union organization rallies. so he did not spend a great deal of time in recording studios that is what makes the recordings he did make so significant and important to us. woody guthrie: ♪ have a little farm and i call that heaven the price is up the rain come down got a raise me a family ♪ >> woody definitely had themes to his writing. woody wanted to make sure his people were well represented in his artwork and lyrics. there are some sketches here the city of los angeles, "no children wanted." we have the hoovervilles over here and the shining city in the background. he said one consolation left is that children raised in the city of the sun will always be the brightest. he felt the one way the migrant workers could create workers rights was to unionize. at this time, that was a dangerous concept. today it is like yes, i will join a union. at that time, not so much of an option without facing some kind of violence. in these lyrics,

. >> we begin with a visit to the woody guthrie center

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. >> woody guthrie is the most famous for his writing of this land is your land but he was very much more than that. he was born in 1912, and so we're very proud to have his work back in oklahoma where we think it belongs. he was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised, for those people who were migrant workers from oklahoma, kansas and texas during the dust bowl era who are found themselves in california literally starving. anti-saw this vast difference between those who were the house and the house not and he became their spokesman through the his music. >> he recorded very key songs of his own -- very few songs of his own. we have a listing station that features for six of his own song in his own voice. ♪ this land is your land this land is my land ♪ ♪ from california to the new york island -- >> watch all of our events from tulsa saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span3. >> coming up this morning the conversation on biological and chemical threat preparedness. we'll hear from former homeland security secretary tom

. >> woody guthrie is most famous for "this land is your land," but he is much more than that.e was born in 1912 and where clad to have his work -- we are glad to have his work back in oklahoma, where we think it belongs. he was an advocate for people disenfranchised, migrant workers from oklahoma, kansas, and texas, and the dustbowl era let found themselves in california literally starving. and he told the vast difference between those who were the has and have not -- haves and have nots and became their spokesman through his music. woody recorded very few songs of his own. we have a listening station that features 46 of his songs in his voice. that is what makes the recordings he did make so significant and important. woody guthrie: ♪ this land is your land this land is my land from california to the new york islands ♪ >> saturday at noon eastern on booktv and sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. "washington journal" continues. host: our guest is the president of the american health policy institute. he has tevi troy. he served as former deputy secretary of healt

[applause] >> woody guthrie is most famous for his writing of this land is your land that he was much more than that. he was born in 1912 in okemah oklahoma so we are very proud to have his work back it up, where we think it belongs. he was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised, for those people who are migrant workers from oklahoma kansas and texas during the dust bowl era. they would find themselves in california literally starving and he saw this vast difference between those who were the haves and the have-nots and became their spokesman through his music. woody recorded very few songs of his own. we have a listening station that features 46 of his songs in his own voice. that is what makes the recordings that he did make so significant and so important to us. ♪ ♪ >> super thrilled to be hosting what i think is the first talk we have posted for a book blurbs by both gnome and chomsky and elton john. this blew my mind. so that is really also terribly exciting and finally i'm excited to have a book this is something new about the drug war. we all know the drug war is bad a

. >> woody guthrie is most famous for "this land is your land," but he was very much more than that.e was born in in 1912 in oklahoma, so we are very proud to have his work back in oklahoma, where we think it belongs. he was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised, for those people who were migrant workers, from oklahoma, kansas, texas, during the dust bowl era, who found themselves in california, literally starving. he saw this vast difference between those who were the haves and have nots and became their spokesman through his music. woody recorded very few songs of his own. we have a listening station that features 46 of his songs in his own voice. that's what makes the recordings that he did make so significant and so important to us. >> ♪ this land is your land this land is my land from california to the new york islands ♪ >> watch all of our events from tulsa saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv, and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> the most memorable moment this week was hearing senator cory gardner at our lunch yesterday saying y

. >> woody guthrie is most famous for writing "this land is your land," but he didn't much more thanhat. we are very proud to have his work back in oklahoma, where we believe it belongs. he was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised. those people who were migrant workers from oklahoma, kansas, and texas during the dust bowl area, who had found themselves in california, literally starving. he found a vast difference between those who were haves and have-nots, and became their spokesperson through music. >> woody recorded very few songs of his own. we have a listening station that features 46 of his songs in his own voice. that is what makes his music so significant. >> ♪ this land is your land this land is my land ♪ >> watch this event on c-span 2. washed host: now on "washington journal," we want to discuss this religious liberty issue that is being discussed around the country. joining us is kristina arriaga with the becket fund on religious liberty. and barry lynn, of americans united for separation of church and state. how do you define religious liberty? guest: it means