About
Singing labor activist with the radical International Workers of the World who was convicted of murder in a controversial trial.
Before Fame
He composed songs like The Preacher and the Slave and The Tramp with the IWW, using them to organize camp laborers.
Trivia
He showed up to a local doctor with a gunshot wound the same day a store owner and his son were shot dead. His red bandana linked him to the crime.
Family Life
He was born in Gävle, Sweden.
Associated With
His story inspired the song Joe Hill, performed later by Pete Seeger among others.
