Volume 16 , Issue 5

History of "We Shall Overcome"

Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919-Jan. 27, 2014) introduced America to its own folk heritage, getting a whole generation passionate about playing the guitar, picking the banjo, and got them singing together and using music as a force for social change. Seeger talks about the history of We Shall Overcome in a conversation with Tim Robbins in 2006.



Pete Seegers sang such songs as We Shall Overcome. We shall all never forget, nor shall we never quit singing this song and many other folk songs that he and the Almanac Singers and Woody Guthrie have left us. Pete Seeger was someone so important to the movement of folk music, peace and equality. We need another Pete Seeger for our time now.

We shall carry on where Pete Seeger and others have left off. We are not afraid, and We shall overcome! Pete Seeger's legacy he left activists was, "Don't give up. We shall overcome."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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