How did Bukka White address social justice in his blues songs?

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B.B. King playing an electric guitar with an expressive face, wearing a plaid jacket, June 19, 1979. — Mississippi Delta blues Mississippi-born blues legend B.B. King, 1979.

Bukka White, a prominent Mississippi Delta blues guitarist, addressed issues of social justice in his music, a practice that was typically avoided in traditional blues at the time.1

In 1940, White recorded an influential group of songs that directly engaged with these themes, most notably "Parchman Farm Blues" and "District Attorney Blues". By highlighting these topics, White used his platform to bring attention to systemic hardships and legal struggles, distinguishing his work from the genre's more common focus on personal laments, romance, or life on the road.1