Weaving together tobacco labor history in Winston-Salem and the music that supported the movement, Walk a Mile In My Shoes presents historical scholarship with moving performances that fueled the fight for racial and economic justice. During the 1947 R.J. Reynolds tobacco factory strikes in Winston-Salem, Paul Robeson and Woody Guthrie’s music demonstrated solidarity and inspiration for the workers.

In Walk a Mile in my Shoes, Camel City curators Phil Archer and Bari Helms offer historical narratives that bridge a gap between creative expression and resistance, and baritone Jason McKinney as Paul Robeson and Mipso guitarist and vocalist Joseph Terrell as Woody Guthrie bring alive the songs that energized a movement.