Before Bob Dylan was Bob Dylan, he was a disciple of Woody Guthrie. But Guthrie and his contemporaries were more than folk singers - they were black listed radicals, shaping American music while staring down the Red Scare. By Taylor Dorrell.
A 1941 photo shows Woody Guthrie (far left) and Pete Seeger (second from right) performing with the Almanac Singers. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)