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*Criticized for leftist political views
*Accusations by Supreme Court
*Civil rights participant improved reputation
*Extremely popular among college students
http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/music-news/review/album/pete-seeger-the-complete-bowdoin-college-concert-1960/
*Rights and responsibilities
*Solidarity
*Human dignity
http://nextyearcountrynews.blogspot.com/2011/06/pete-seeger-on-woody-guthrie-youth-and.html
http://www.cyberfaith.com/witnessing/witnessing04.html
*93 years old
*2009
Performed at Obama's preinaugural address
15,000 attended concerting in his honor at Madison Square Garden
"For defense you need common sense,
Bring them home, bring them home,
They don't have the right armaments,
Bring them home, bring them home."
-Pete Seeger, "Bring Em Home"
http://singyoursongthemovie.com/pete-seeger-and-peoples-songs/
*1980s
Civil rights movement
*Anti-war
*Peace and equality for all
*"Bring Em Home"
http://folkhive.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/smithsonian-folkways-stream-pete-seegers-1960-bowdoin-college-concert/
*Born in Patterson, NY
*Subscribed to New Masses at age 13
*First exposed to folk music at 16
*Went to Harvard, but never graduated
*Was an accomplished musician by 1940
*"The Almanacs"
*Drafted into WWII
*"The Weavers"
*"America's tuning fork" -- Carl Sandburg
http://www.last.fm/music/Pete+Seeger