Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

Hazel Dickens, a bluegrass and country music pioneer, epitomizes her songs' grit from West Virginia coalfields to Baltimore factories. Honored with a National Heritage Fellowship in 2001, she's lauded as a "living legend" by the Washington Post. Her vocals echoed at picket lines, rallying working folks nationwide, featured in films like Harlan County USA and Matewan.