Hey, I'm just talking about a book I read. It's peculiar to think about what the social status of a "star" folksinger was in 1961.

Joan Baez is clearly a fine person with a load of musical talent and has been very consistent in her social convictions over the years. The same can be said for Mimi, who, sadly, passed away last year.

Incidentally, when Al Capp started defaming Joan in "Li'l Abner" (late 60's), the Ottawa Citizen temporarily suspended printing the strip, with a snippy notice inserted that a comic strip was not the place for him to present his political opinions. I wonder if other papers did too. Early political correctness...not sure how they resolved the matter, since Li'l Ab continued to publish for some years.