Pete Seeger, the Glossary
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist.[1]
Table of Contents
458 relations: A. Philip Randolph, Adolf Hitler, African-American music, Alan Lomax, Alan S. Chartock, Alan Seeger, Albert Grossman, American Campaign Medal, American Civil Liberties Union, American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2, American folk music, American Folk Songs for Children, American Folklife Center, American Industrial Ballads, American Masters, American Musicological Society, American Revolution, Americana music, Amnesty International, An Act of Conscience, Ancestry.com, Ani DiFranco, Anthology of American Folk Music, Antisemitism, Appalachia, Appleseed Recordings, Archive of Folk Culture, Arlo Guthrie, Arms embargo, Asheville, North Carolina, Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal, Assassination of John F. Kennedy, At 89, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Avant-garde music, Avon Old Farms, Avon, Connecticut, ¡Ay Carmela! (song), Banjo, Barack Obama, Barbara Dane, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Bayard Rustin, Beacon Theatre (New York City), Beacon, New York, Beans in My Ears, Bearwallow, North Carolina, Beliefnet, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bernie Krause, ... Expand index (408 more) »
- Activists from Manhattan
- Avon Old Farms alumni
- Camp Rising Sun alumni
- Environmental musical artists
- Folk musicians from New York (state)
- Folkways Records artists
- Music festival founders
- People convicted of contempt of Congress
- Seeger family
- Songster musicians
- Verve Forecast Records artists
A. Philip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist. Pete Seeger and a. Philip Randolph are activists for African-American civil rights and American nonviolence advocates.
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
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African-American music
African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their culture.
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Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. Pete Seeger and Alan Lomax are American folk-song collectors and United States National Medal of Arts recipients.
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Alan S. Chartock
Alan Seth Chartock (born July 25, 1941) was the president and chief executive officer of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate, from 1981 to 2023.
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Alan Seeger
Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Pete Seeger and Alan Seeger are Seeger family.
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Albert Grossman
Albert Bernard Grossman (May 21, 1926 – January 25, 1986) was an American entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music and rock and roll scene.
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American Campaign Medal
The American Campaign Medal is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was first created on November 6, 1942, by issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit human rights organization founded in 1920.
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American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2
American Favorite Ballads, Vol.
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American folk music
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, vernacular music, or roots music.
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American Folk Songs for Children
American Folk Songs for Children is a studio album released by Pete Seeger in 1953 by Folkways Records.
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American Folklife Center
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife".
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American Industrial Ballads
American Industrial Ballads is a studio album by American folk singer Pete Seeger.
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American Masters
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and those who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
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American Musicological Society
The American Musicological Society (AMS) is a musicological organization which researches, promotes and produces publications on music.
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Americana music
Americana (also known as American roots music) is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States of America, with particular emphasis on music historically developed in the American South.
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
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An Act of Conscience
An Act of Conscience is a 1997 American documentary film directed, shot and edited by Robbie Leppzer.
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Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.
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Ani DiFranco
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. Pete Seeger and ani DiFranco are American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, American street performers, guitarists from New York (state) and singer-songwriters from New York (state).
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Anthology of American Folk Music
Anthology of American Folk Music is a three-album compilation, released in 1952 by Folkways Records, of eighty-four recordings of American folk, blues and country music made and issued from 1926 to 1933 by a variety of performers.
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Antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against, Jews.
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Appalachia
Appalachia is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.
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Appleseed Recordings
Appleseed Recordings is an American folk music record label founded by Jim Musselman in 1997.
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Archive of Folk Culture
The Archive of Folk Culture (originally named The Archive of American Folk Song) was established in 1928 as the first national collection of American folk music in the United States of America.
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Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie are American acoustic guitarists, American banjoists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, guitarists from New York (state), political music artists and singer-songwriters from New York (state).
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Arms embargo
An arms embargo is a restriction or a set of sanctions that applies either solely to weaponry or also to "dual-use technology." An arms embargo may serve one or more purposes.
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Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.
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Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
The Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal is a United States military award of the Second World War, which was awarded to any member of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater from 1941 to 1945.
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.
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At 89
At 89 is a studio album by Pete Seeger, released on September 30, 2008, via Appleseed Records.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Avant-garde music
Avant-garde music is music that is considered to be at the forefront of innovation in its field, with the term "avant-garde" implying a critique of existing aesthetic conventions, rejection of the status quo in favor of unique or original elements, and the idea of deliberately challenging or alienating audiences.
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Avon Old Farms
Avon Old Farms School is a boarding school for boys located in Avon, Connecticut, United States.
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Avon, Connecticut
Avon is a town in the Farmington Valley region of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States.
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¡Ay Carmela! (song)
"¡Ay Carmela!" is one of the most famous songs of the Spanish Republican troops during the Spanish Civil War.
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Banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator.
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
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Barbara Dane
Barbara Dane (born Barbara Jean Spillman; May 12, 1927) is an American folk, blues, and jazz singer, guitarist, record producer, and political activist. Pete Seeger and Barbara Dane are American folk singers.
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Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (March 21, 1882 – September 4, 1973) was a folklorist, performer of traditional Appalachian music, and lawyer from western North Carolina. Pete Seeger and Bascom Lamar Lunsford are American banjoists and American folk-song collectors.
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Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Pete Seeger and Bayard Rustin are activists for African-American civil rights, American anti–Vietnam War activists and American nonviolence advocates.
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Beacon Theatre (New York City)
The Beacon Theatre is an entertainment venue at 2124 Broadway, adjacent to the Hotel Beacon, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
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Beacon, New York
Beacon is a city located on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States.
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Beans in My Ears
"Beans in My Ears" is a song written by Len Chandler that was a hit single in 1964 when covered by The Serendipity Singers.
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Bearwallow, North Carolina
Bearwallow is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Beliefnet
Beliefnet is a Christian lifestyle website featuring editorial content related to the topics of inspiration, spirituality, health, wellness, love and family, news, and entertainment.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon (October 4, 1942 – July 16, 2024) was an American song leader, professor of American history, composer, historian, musician, scholar, curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist who, in the early 1960s, was a founding member of the Freedom Singers, organized by the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the Albany Movement for civil rights in Georgia. Pete Seeger and Bernice Johnson Reagon are activists for African-American civil rights, American folk singers and Flying Fish Records artists.
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Bernie Krause
Bernard L. Krause (born December 8, 1938) is an American musician and soundscape ecologist.
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Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Pete Seeger and Bertolt Brecht are Hollywood blacklist.
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Bess Lomax Hawes
Bess Lomax Hawes (January 21, 1921 – November 27, 2009) was an American folk musician, folklorist, and researcher.
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Bill Miller (musician)
Bill Miller (born January 23, 1955) is a Native American singer/songwriter and artist of Mohican heritage.
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Bill Monroe
William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, and created the bluegrass music genre. Pete Seeger and Bill Monroe are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and United States National Medal of Arts recipients.
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Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, author and political activist. Pete Seeger and Billy Bragg are political music artists.
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Blacklisting
Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority compiling a blacklist of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list; if people are on a blacklist, then they are considered to have done something wrong, or they are considered to be untrustworthy.
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Pete Seeger and bob Dylan are American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, folk musicians from New York (state), Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Kennedy Center honorees, political music artists, singer-songwriters from New York (state) and United States National Medal of Arts recipients.
Broadside (magazine)
Broadside magazine was a small mimeographed publication founded in 1962 by Agnes "Sis" Cunningham and her husband, Gordon Friesen.
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Brownie McGhee
Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. Pete Seeger and Brownie McGhee are American folk singers and Folkways Records artists.
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Bruce Jackson (scholar)
Bruce Jackson (born May 21, 1936) is an American folklorist, documentary filmmaker, writer, photographer.
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen are American folk guitarists, American folk singers and Kennedy Center honorees.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist. Pete Seeger and Buffy Sainte-Marie are Vanguard Records artists.
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Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American musician, singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades. Pete Seeger and Burl Ives are American banjoists, American folk singers and American street performers.
Camp Rising Sun (New York)
Camp Rising Sun is an international, full-scholarship, leadership summer program for students aged 14–16 by the Louis August Jonas Foundation (LAJF), a non-profit organization.
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Capo (musical device)
A capo (short for capodastro, capo tasto or capotasto, Italian for "head of fretboard") is a device a musician uses on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument to transpose and shorten the playable length of the strings—hence raising the pitch.
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Captain (armed forces)
The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.
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Carl Joachim Friedrich
Carl Joachim Friedrich (June 5, 1901 – September 19, 1984) was a German-American professor and political theorist.
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Carl Ruggles
Carl Ruggles (born Charles Sprague Ruggles; March 11, 1876 – October 24, 1971) was an American composer, painter and teacher.
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Carl Sandburg
Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. Pete Seeger and Carl Sandburg are American folk-song collectors.
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Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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Cato Institute
The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries.
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
Charles Douglas Jackson
Charles Douglas (C. D.) Jackson (March 16, 1902 – September 18, 1964) was a United States government psychological warfare advisor and senior executive of Time Inc. Pete Seeger and Charles Douglas Jackson are military personnel from New York City.
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Charles Pollock
Charles Cecil Pollock (December 25, 1902, in Denver, Colorado – May 8, 1988, in Paris, France) was an American abstract painter and the eldest brother of artist Jackson Pollock.
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Charles Seeger
Charles Louis Seeger Jr. (December 14, 1886 – February 7, 1979) was an American musicologist, composer, teacher, and folklorist. Pete Seeger and Charles Seeger are Seeger family.
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Chimes of Freedom (album)
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International is a charity compilation album featuring new recordings of compositions by Bob Dylan by multiple artists, released on January 24, 2012.
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Chris DeGeare
Chris DeGeare (born February 17, 1987) is a former American football offensive guard.
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Cindy (folk song)
"Cindy" ("Cindy, Cindy") is a popular American folk song.
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Cisco Houston
Gilbert Vandine "Cisco" Houston (August 18, 1918 – April 29, 1961) was an American folk singer and songwriter, who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of recording together. Pete Seeger and Cisco Houston are American folk singers, Folkways Records artists and Vanguard Records artists.
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City and Country School
The City and Country School is a progressive independent pre-school and elementary school for children aged 2–14 that is located in the Greenwich Village section of New York City.
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Civil and political rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.
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Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.
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Clearwater Festival
The Clearwater Festival (officially the Great Hudson River Revival) is a music and environmental summer festival and America's oldest and largest annual festival of its kind.
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Cold Spring, New York
Cold Spring is a village in the town of Philipstown in Putnam County, New York, United States.
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College of Staten Island
The College of Staten Island (CSI) is a public university in Staten Island, New York.
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Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.
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Common (rapper)
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 14, 1972), known professionally as Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor from Chicago, Illinois.
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Communist Party USA
The Communist Party USA, officially the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), is a communist party in the United States which was established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revolution.
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Concert tour
A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955.
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Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris, also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795.
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Contempt of Congress
Contempt of Congress is the misdemeanor act of obstructing the work of the United States Congress or one of its committees.
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Corporal
Corporal is a military rank in use by the armed forces of many countries.
Counterculture of the 1960s
The counterculture of the 1960s was an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon and political movement that developed in the Western world during the mid-20th century.
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Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
Daily Worker
The Daily Worker was a newspaper published in Chicago founded by communists, socialists, union members, and other activists.
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Dalton School
The Dalton School, originally the Children's University School, is a private, coeducational college preparatory school in New York City and a member of both the Ivy Preparatory School League and the New York Interschool.
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Dangerous Songs!?
Dangerous Songs!? is a studio album by Pete Seeger and was released in 1966 on the Columbia Records label.
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Dar Williams
Dorothy Snowden "Dar" Williams (born April 19, 1967) is an American pop folk singer-songwriter from Mount Kisco, New York. Pete Seeger and Dar Williams are American folk singers, guitarists from New York (state) and singer-songwriters from New York (state).
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Dave Eggar
Dave Eggar is an American cellist, pianist and composer.
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Dave Matthews
David John Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is an American musician and the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB). Pete Seeger and Dave Matthews are American pacifists.
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David Amram
David Werner Amram III (born November 17, 1930) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of orchestral, chamber, and choral works, many with jazz flavorings. Pete Seeger and David Amram are Flying Fish Records artists.
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David Boaz
David Douglas Boaz (August 29, 1953 – June 7, 2024) was an American author, philosopher and editor.
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David Dellinger
David T. Dellinger (August 22, 1915 – May 25, 2004) was an American pacifist and an activist for nonviolent social change. Pete Seeger and David Dellinger are activists for African-American civil rights, American anti–Vietnam War activists, American nonviolence advocates and American pacifists.
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David King Dunaway
David King Dunaway is an American historian.
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Dear Mr. President (album)
Dear Mr.
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Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8 to 31 percent larger in volume than the previous largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill, also in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Delbert Tibbs
Delbert Lee Tibbs (June 19, 1939 – November 23, 2013) was an American man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and rape in 1974 in Florida and sentenced to death.
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Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! is an hour-long TV, radio, and Internet news program based in Manhattan and hosted by journalists Amy Goodman (who also acts as the show's executive producer), Juan González, and Nermeen Shaikh.
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Dia Beacon
Dia Beacon is the museum for the Dia Art Foundation's collection of art from the 1960s to the present and is one of the 12 locations and sites they manage.
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Dixiecrat
The States' Rights Democratic Party (whose members are often called the Dixiecrats), also colloquially referred to as the Dixiecrat Party was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States, active primarily in the South.
Doc Watson
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. Pete Seeger and Doc Watson are American banjoists, American blues singer-songwriters, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, American street performers, Flying Fish Records artists, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, United States National Medal of Arts recipients and Vanguard Records artists.
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Donovan
Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer.
DownBeat
(styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years.
Drop D tuning
Drop D tuning is an alternative form of guitar tuning in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole step to D. So where standard tuning is E2A2D3G3B3E4 (EADGBe), drop D is D2A2D3G3B3E4 (DADGBe).
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Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes (Qōheleṯ, Ekklēsiastēs) is one of the Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible and part of the Wisdom literature of the Christian Old Testament.
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Edward Sadlowski
Edward Sadlowski (September 10, 1938 – June 10, 2018) was an American labor activist associated with Steelworkers Fight Back, a rank-and-file movement against corruption in the international United Steelworkers of America union.
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Electric Dylan controversy
By 1965, Bob Dylan was the leading songwriter of the American folk music revival.
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Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an influential American folk and blues musician. Pete Seeger and Elizabeth Cotten are American folk guitarists, American folk singers and Folkways Records artists.
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Environmentalism
Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings.
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Eric Weissberg
Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos", featured as the theme of the film Deliverance (1972) and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973. Pete Seeger and Eric Weissberg are American banjoists.
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Erik Darling
Erik Darling (September 25, 1933 – August 3, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter and a folk music artist. Pete Seeger and Erik Darling are American folk singers.
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Ernst Busch (actor)
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Busch (22 January 1900 – 8 June 1980) was a German singer and actor.
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Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Ethical Culture Fieldston School (ECFS), also known as Fieldston, is a private pre-K–12th grade coeducational school in New York City with two campuses in Manhattan and the Bronx.
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Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos ‘nation’ and μουσική mousike ‘music’) is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context, investigating social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions involved other than sound. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and investigate the act of musicking through various immersive, observational, and analytical approaches drawn from other disciplines such as anthropology to understand a culture’s music.
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Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Pete Seeger and Eugene V. Debs are American pacifists.
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Ewan MacColl
James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was an English folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Pete Seeger and Ewan MacColl are political music artists.
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Executive Order 8802
Executive Order 8802 was an executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941.
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Exoneration
Exoneration occurs when the conviction for a crime is reversed, either through demonstration of innocence, a flaw in the conviction, or otherwise.
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Farm Aid
Farm Aid is an annual benefit concert held for American farmers.
Federal Music Project
The Federal Music Project (FMP) was a part of the New Deal program Federal Project Number One provided by the U.S. federal government which employed musicians, conductors and composers during the Great Depression.
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Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
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First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting the free exercise of religion; or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
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Folklore studies
Folklore studies (less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom) is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore.
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Folkways Records
Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music.
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Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)
"Forever Young" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in California in November 1973. The song first appeared, in two different versions, a slow-pace and a fast-pace, on Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves. A demo version of the song, recorded in New York City in June 1973, was included on Dylan's 1985 compilation Biograph.
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Francoist Spain
Francoist Spain (España franquista), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (dictadura franquista), was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title Caudillo.
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Frank Damrosch
Frank Heino Damrosch (June 22, 1859 – October 22, 1937) was a German-born American music conductor and educator.
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Frank Hamilton (American musician)
Frank Hamilton (born August 3, 1934) is an American folk musician, collector of folk songs, and educator. Pete Seeger and Frank Hamilton (American musician) are American banjoists, American folk singers, American folk-song collectors and fast Folk artists.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
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Fred Hellerman
Fred Hellerman (May 13, 1927 – September 1, 2016) was an American folk singer, guitarist, producer, and songwriter. Pete Seeger and Fred Hellerman are American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, folk musicians from New York (state), guitarists from New York (state) and singer-songwriters from New York (state).
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Freiheit (song)
"Freiheit", also known as "Spaniens Himmel" or "Die Thälmann-Kolonne", is a song written in 1936 by Gudrun Kabisch and Paul Dessau, German anti-fascists.
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French Hospital (Manhattan)
French Hospital of New York, at 329 West 30th Street (between Eighth and Ninth Avenues) was a hospital established in 1881 and closed in 1977.
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Fresh Air
Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1985.
Gazette, Vol. 1
Gazette, Vol.
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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan (born Temüjin; August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire.
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George Peabody Medal
The George Peabody Medal, named in honor of George Peabody, is the highest honor bestowed by the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
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George Wein
George Wein (October 3, 1925 – September 13, 2021) was an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer. Pete Seeger and George Wein are musicians from Manhattan.
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Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist.
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Give Peace a Chance
"Give Peace a Chance" is an anti-war song written by John Lennon (originally credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with Yoko Ono in a hotel room in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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God Bless the Grass
God Bless The Grass is the sixth studio album by Pete Seeger, released on January 17, 1966 by Columbia Records as CL 2432 (mono) and CS 9232 (stereo).
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God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You
God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You (Single) is a 2012 single by Pete Seeger featuring Lorre Wyatt & Friends, produced and arranged by Richard Barone and Matthew Billy, and released by Billy Barone Productions.
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Goodnight, Irene
"Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th-century American folk standard, written in time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933.
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Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959.
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Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children
The Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children was an honor presented to recording artists for quality children's music albums at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.
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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011.
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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is a special Grammy Award that is awarded by The Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording." This award is distinct from the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which honors specific recordings rather than individuals, and the Grammy Trustees Award, which honors non-performers. Pete Seeger and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.
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Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
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Greil Marcus
Greil Marcus (born June 19, 1945) is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic.
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Gulag
The Gulag was a system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union.
Gullah
The Gullah are a subgroup of the African American ethnic group, who predominantly live in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. states of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida within the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.
Guy Carawan
Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. (July 28, 1927 – May 2, 2015) was an American folk musician and musicologist. Pete Seeger and Guy Carawan are American folk guitarists.
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Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was a German-Austrian composer. Pete Seeger and Hanns Eisler are Hollywood blacklist and political music artists.
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Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Pete Seeger and Harry Belafonte are activists for African-American civil rights, American anti-war activists, American folk singers, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Kennedy Center honorees, military personnel from New York City, musicians from Manhattan and United States National Medal of Arts recipients.
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Harry Everett Smith
Harry Everett Smith (May 29, 1923 – November 27, 1991) was an American polymath, who was credited variously as an artist, experimental filmmaker, bohemian, mystic, record collector, hoarder, student of anthropology and a Neo-Gnostic bishop. Pete Seeger and Harry Everett Smith are American folk-song collectors and people from Greenwich Village.
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Harvard College
Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Hazel Dickens
Hazel Jane Dickens (June 1, 1925 – April 22, 2011) was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist. Pete Seeger and Hazel Dickens are American folk singers.
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Hedy West
Hedwig Grace "Hedy" West (April 6, 1938 – July 3, 2005) was an American folksinger and songwriter. Pete Seeger and Hedy West are American folk singers and Vanguard Records artists.
Henry A. Wallace
Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Pete Seeger and Henry A. Wallace are activists for African-American civil rights.
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Henry Cowell
Henry Dixon Cowell (March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher Marchioni, Tonimarie (2012). Pete Seeger and Henry Cowell are American communists and United States Army Band musicians.
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Henry Luce
Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967) was an American magazine magnate who founded Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines.
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Highlander Research and Education Center
The Highlander Research and Education Center, formerly known as the Highlander Folk School, is a social justice leadership training school and cultural center in New Market, Tennessee.
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Holly Near
Holly Near (born June 6, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist. Pete Seeger and Holly Near are American anti–Vietnam War activists, American folk singers, American pacifists and political music artists.
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Hollywood blacklist
The Hollywood blacklist was an entertainment industry blacklist put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States during the early years of the Cold War, in Hollywood and elsewhere.
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Homestead, Pennsylvania
Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River southeast of downtown Pittsburgh.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), popularly the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives, created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having communist ties.
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Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist.
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Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.
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Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Beacon, New York that seeks to protect the Hudson River and surrounding wetlands and waterways through advocacy and public education.
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Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York.
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HuffPost
HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government's subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR).
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Idris Davies
Idris Davies (6 January 1905 – 6 April 1953) was a Welsh poet.
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If I Had a Hammer
"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a protest song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays.
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Indian removal
The Indian removal was the United States government's policy of ethnic cleansing through the forced displacement of self-governing tribes of American Indians from their ancestral homelands in the eastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi Riverspecifically, to a designated Indian Territory (roughly, present-day Oklahoma), which many scholars have labeled a genocide.
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Industrial Workers of the World
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members are nicknamed "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago in 1905.
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Injunction
An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a special court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts.
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Inquisition
The Inquisition was a judicial procedure and a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, apostasy, blasphemy, witchcraft, and customs considered deviant.
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Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax law.
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Internment of Japanese Americans
During World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), mostly in the western interior of the country.
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Iraq War
The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.
Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Pete Seeger and Jackson Browne are American environmentalists, American folk guitarists and American folk singers.
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Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912August 11, 1956) was an American painter.
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Jarama Valley (song)
"Jarama Valley" also known as "El Valle del Jarama" is a song from the Second Spanish Republic.
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Jingle
A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses.
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Pete Seeger and Joan Baez are American acoustic guitarists, American anti–Vietnam War activists, American environmentalists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, American nonviolence advocates, American pacifists, American street performers, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, guitarists from New York (state), Kennedy Center honorees, political music artists, singer-songwriters from New York (state) and Vanguard Records artists.
Joanne Shenandoah
Joanne Lynn Shenandoah (June 23, 1957November 22, 2021) was a Native American singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in the United States.
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Joe Hickerson
Joseph C. Hickerson (born October 20, 1935, in Highland Park, Illinois) is an American folk singer and musicologist. Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson are American folk-song collectors.
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Joe Hill (activist)
Joe Hill (October 7, 1879 – November 19, 1915), born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund and also known as Joseph Hillström, was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, familiarly called the "Wobblies").
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John Cohen (musician)
John Cohen (August 2, 1932 – September 16, 2019) was an American musician, photographer and film maker who performed and documented the traditional music of the rural South and played a major role in the American folk music revival. Pete Seeger and John Cohen (musician) are American folk singers.
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John Henry Hammond
John Henry Hammond Jr. (December 15, 1910 – July 10, 1987) was an American record producer, civil rights activist, and music critic active from the 1930s to the early 1980s.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. Pete Seeger and John Lennon are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and political music artists.
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John Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter.
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John Szwed
John F. Szwed (born 1936) is the John M. Musser Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, African American Studies and Film Studies at Yale University and an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar in the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, where he previously served as the Center's Director and Professor of Music and Jazz Studies.
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Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash are American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and Kennedy Center honorees.
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Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella; November 7, 1942) is a retired American musician.
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Joseph Fire Crow
Joseph Fire Crow (March 29, 1959 – July 11, 2017) was a Cheyenne flutist.
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
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Josh White
Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist. Pete Seeger and Josh White are American blues singer-songwriters, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, Hollywood blacklist, musicians from Manhattan, singer-songwriters from New York (state) and Songster musicians.
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Judy Collins
Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. Pete Seeger and Judy Collins are American acoustic guitarists, American anti–Vietnam War activists, American folk guitarists and American folk singers.
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Juilliard School
The Juilliard School is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Pete Seeger and Juilliard School are United States National Medal of Arts recipients.
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June Carter Cash
Valerie June Carter Cash (Carter; June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was an American country singer and songwriter. Pete Seeger and June Carter Cash are American banjoists and American folk singers.
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Kabir Suman
Kabir Suman (born Suman Chattopadhyay; 16 March 1949) is an Indian singer-songwriter, musician, music director, music composer, writer, actor, politician, and former journalist.
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Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
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Keynote Records
Keynote Records was a record label founded by record store owner Eric Bernay in 1940.
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Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg (Königreich Württemberg) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg.
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Kisses Sweeter than Wine
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" is a popular song, with lyrics written and music adapted in 1950 by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays of The Weavers, and recorded by Jimmie Rodgers.
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KQED (TV)
KQED (channel 9) is a PBS member television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
Kronos Quartet
The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco.
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Kumbaya
"Kum ba yah" ("Come by here") is an African American spiritual of disputed origin, known to have been sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved Central Africans.
Labor rights
Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers.
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Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (also known as "The Strangest Dream") is a song written by American folk singer-songwriter Ed McCurdy in 1950.
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Late Show with David Letterman
The Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the ''Late Show'' franchise.
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Lead Belly
Huddie William Ledbetter (January 1888 or 1889 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced, including his renditions of "In the Pines", "Goodnight, Irene", "Midnight Special", "Cotton Fields", and "Boll Weevil". Pete Seeger and Lead Belly are American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, American street performers, Folkways Records artists and Songster musicians.
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League of Nations
The League of Nations (LN or LoN; Société des Nations, SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.
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Lee Hays
Lee Elhardt Hays (March 14, 1914 – August 26, 1981) was an American folk singer and songwriter, best known for singing bass with the Weavers. Pete Seeger and Lee Hays are American folk singers, American pacifists and Hollywood blacklist.
Len Chandler
Len Hunt Chandler Jr. (May 27, 1935 – August 28, 2023) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist.
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Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who, following a controversial trial, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
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Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award is awarded annually by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).
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Libertarianism
Libertarianism (from libertaire, itself from the lit) is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value.
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.
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Life (magazine)
Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.
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List of banjo players
This article comprises two separate lists.
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List of peace activists
This list of peace activists includes people who have proactively advocated diplomatic, philosophical, and non-military resolution of major territorial or ideological disputes through nonviolent means and methods.
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List of Sirius XM Radio channels
Since 2008, Sirius XM Radio has had a similar channel lineup, with a few differences based on whether the individual has a Sirius, XM, or SiriusXM radio.
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Little Boxes
"Little Boxes" is a song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962.
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Long Time Passing
Long Time Passing is a 2020 album by Kronos Quartet celebrating the music of Pete Seeger.
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Louisiana
Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Pete Seeger and Lyndon B. Johnson are activists for African-American civil rights.
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Maggie's Farm
"Maggie's Farm" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 15, 1965, and released on the album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22 of that year.
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Malvina Reynolds
Malvina Reynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to the Rain" and "Morningtown Ride". Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds are American Unitarian Universalists, American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists and American folk singers.
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.
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Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato; September 12, 1942) is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. Pete Seeger and Maria Muldaur are American folk singers, musicians from Manhattan and people from Greenwich Village.
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Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva; however, Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Pete Seeger and Martin Luther King Jr. are activists for African-American civil rights, American anti–Vietnam War activists and American nonviolence advocates.
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Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. Pete Seeger and Martin Scorsese are Kennedy Center honorees.
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Maxim Litvinov
Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (born Meir Henoch Wallach-Finkelstein; 17 July 1876 – 31 December 1951) was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet statesman and diplomat who served as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs from 1930 to 1939.
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McCarthyism
McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s.
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Memphis Slim
John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer.
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Merle Travis
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States.
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Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Majed J. Nesheiwat Convention Center (formerly the Mid-Hudson Civic Center) is a venue located in Poughkeepsie, New York, consisting of Mair Hall (a concert and convention hall) and the McCann Ice Arena (an ice skating venue).
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Migrant worker
A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work.
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Mika Seeger
Mika Seeger is an American ceramic artist. Pete Seeger and Mika Seeger are Seeger family.
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Mike Bloomfield
Michael Bernard Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American blues guitarist and composer.
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Mike Seeger
Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933August 7, 2009) was an American folk musician and folklorist. Pete Seeger and Mike Seeger are American folk singers and Seeger family.
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Millard Lampell
Millard Lampell (born Milton Lampell, January 23, 1919 – October 3, 1997) was an American movie and television screenwriter who first became publicly known as a member of the Almanac Singers in the 1940s. Pete Seeger and Millard Lampell are American folk singers.
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Mimi Fariña
Margarita Mimi Baez Fariña (April 30, 1945 – July 18, 2001) was an American singer-songwriter and activist, the youngest of three daughters of mother Joan Chandos Bridge and Mexican-American physicist Albert Baez. Pete Seeger and Mimi Fariña are American folk singers and Vanguard Records artists.
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Mississippi John Hurt
John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Pete Seeger and Mississippi John Hurt are American blues singer-songwriters, American folk singers, Songster musicians and Vanguard Records artists.
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Modernism (music)
In music, modernism is an aesthetic stance underlying the period of change and development in musical language that occurred around the turn of the 20th century, a period of diverse reactions in challenging and reinterpreting older categories of music, innovations that led to new ways of organizing and approaching harmonic, melodic, sonic, and rhythmic aspects of music, and changes in aesthetic worldviews in close relation to the larger identifiable period of modernism in the arts of the time.
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Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union with a secret protocol that partitioned between them or managed the sovereignty of the states in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Romania.
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Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a massive demonstration and teach-in across the United States against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Moses Asch
Moses Asch (December 2, 1905 – October 19, 1986) was an American recording engineer and record executive. Pete Seeger and Moses Asch are American folk-song collectors.
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Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.
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NAMM Oral History Program
The NAMM Oral History Program is an oral history project and archive of recordings of interviews with people from all aspects of the music products industry, including music instrument retailers, musical instrument and product creators, suppliers and sales representatives, music educators and advocates, publishers, live sound and recording pioneers, innovators, founders, and musicians.
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Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. Pete Seeger and Natalie Merchant are American folk singers and singer-songwriters from New York (state).
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National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence.
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National Medal of Arts
The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts. Pete Seeger and National Medal of Arts are United States National Medal of Arts recipients.
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National Review
National Review is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs.
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New Lost City Ramblers
The New Lost City Ramblers, or NLCR, was an American contemporary old-time string band that formed in New York City in 1958 during the folk revival. Pete Seeger and New Lost City Ramblers are Folkways Records artists.
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Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area.
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Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival.
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Newsday
Newsday is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area.
Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., August 7, 1911 – June 16, 1979) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor.
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Nicotine marketing
Nicotine marketing is the marketing of nicotine-containing products or use.
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Norman Corwin
Norman Lewis Corwin (May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011) was an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing.
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North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. Pete Seeger and NPR are United States National Medal of Arts recipients.
Nuclear disarmament
Nuclear disarmament is the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons.
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Nyack, New York
Nyack is a village located primarily in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States.
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Oakwood Friends School
Oakwood Friends School is a college preparatory school located at 22 Spackenkill Road in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States.
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Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a left-wing populist movement against economic inequality, corporate greed, big finance, and the influence of money in politics that began in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Financial District, and lasted for fifty-nine days—from September 17 to November 15, 2011.
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Odetta
Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Pete Seeger and Odetta are activists for African-American civil rights, fast Folk artists, United States National Medal of Arts recipients and Vanguard Records artists.
Old Joe Clark
"Old Joe Clark" is a US folk song, a mountain ballad that was popular among soldiers from eastern Kentucky during World War I and afterwards.
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Old Town School of Folk Music
The Old Town School of Folk Music is a Chicago teaching and performing institution that launched the careers of many notable folk music artists.
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Old-time music
Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music.
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On Top of Old Smoky
"On Top of Old Smoky" (often spelled "Smokey") is a traditional folk song of the United States.
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Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; Organización de los Estados Americanos; Organização dos Estados Americanos; Organisation des États américains) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II was a major theater of the Pacific War, the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan.
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Pacifism
Pacifism is the opposition or resistance to war, militarism (including conscription and mandatory military service) or violence.
Patrick Sky
Patrick Sky (born Patrick Linch; October 2, 1940May 26, 2021) was an American musician, folk singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Patterson, New York
Patterson is a town in Putnam County, New York, United States.
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Paul Butterfield
Paul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and bandleader.
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Paul Nelson (critic)
Paul Nelson (January 21, 1936 — circa July 5, 2006) was an A&R executive, magazine editor, and music critic best known for writing for Sing Out!, The Village Voice and Rolling Stone.
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Paul Robeson
Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances. Pete Seeger and Paul Robeson are activists for African-American civil rights, American folk singers, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and Hollywood blacklist.
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.
Peat Bog Soldiers
"Peat Bog Soldiers" is one of Europe's best-known protest songs.
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Peggy Seeger
Margaret "Peggy" Seeger (born June 17, 1935) is an American folk singer and songwriter. Pete Seeger and Peggy Seeger are American folk singers, Folkways Records artists and Seeger family.
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People's Songs
People's Songs was an organization founded by Pete Seeger, Alan Lomax, Lee Hays, and others on December 31, 1945, in New York City, to "create, promote, and distribute songs of labor and the American people."People's Songs Inc.
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Pete Seeger discography
The discography of Pete Seeger, an American folk singer, consists of 52 studio albums, 23 compilation albums, 22 live albums, and 31 singles.
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007) is a documentary film about the life and music of the folk singer Pete Seeger.
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Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow (born May 31, 1938) is an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Pete Seeger and Peter Yarrow are American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, American tenors, fast Folk artists, musicians from Manhattan, people from Greenwich Village and singer-songwriters from New York (state).
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Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon.
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Phạm Tuyên
Phạm Tuyên (born January 12, 1930, in Hải Dương) is a Vietnamese musician.
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Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer). Pete Seeger and Phil Ochs are American acoustic guitarists, American anti–Vietnam War activists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, American pacifists, Folkways Records artists, musicians from Manhattan, people from Greenwich Village, political music artists, singer-songwriters from New York (state) and Vanguard Records artists.
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando.
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Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie, officially the City of Poughkeepsie, which is separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it, is a city in the U.S. state of New York.
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Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955)
The Progressive Party was a left-wing political party in the United States that served as a vehicle for the campaign of Henry A. Wallace, a former vice president, to become President of the United States in 1948.
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Protest song
A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events).
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Puppet
A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer.
Puritans
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.
R. Carlos Nakai
Raymond Carlos Nakai (born April 16, 1946) is a Native American flutist of Navajo and Ute heritage.
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Racial integration
Racial integration, or simply integration, includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation), leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws on diverse traditions, rather than merely bringing a racial minority into the majority culture.
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Rainbow Quest
Rainbow Quest (1965–66) was a U.S. television series devoted to folk music and hosted by Pete Seeger.
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Rainbow Race
Rainbow Race is the eighth studio album by Pete Seeger and was released in 1971 on the Columbia Records label.
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz; August 1, 1931) is an American folk singer and songwriter and musician. Pete Seeger and Ramblin' Jack Elliott are American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, American street performers, guitarists from New York (state), singer-songwriters from New York (state) and United States National Medal of Arts recipients.
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Randy Kehler
Randy Kehler (July 16, 1944 – July 21, 2024) was an American pacifist, tax resister, and social justice advocate. Pete Seeger and Randy Kehler are American pacifists.
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Record chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period.
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Reformed Christianity
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.
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Refrain
A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry — the "chorus" of a song.
Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)
The Republican faction (Bando republicano), also known as the Loyalist faction (Bando leal) or the Government faction (Bando gubernamental), was the side in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 that supported the government of the Second Spanish Republic against the Nationalist faction of the military rebellion.
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Resettlement Administration
The Resettlement Administration (RA) was a New Deal U.S. federal agency created May 1, 1935.
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Reverend Gary Davis
Gary D. Davis (April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), known as Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Gary Davis, was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Pete Seeger and Reverend Gary Davis are American street performers.
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Richard Barone
Richard Barone is an American rock musician who first gained attention as frontman for the Bongos. Pete Seeger and Richard Barone are musicians from Manhattan, people from Greenwich Village and singer-songwriters from New York (state).
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Richard Fariña
Richard George Fariña (Spanish IPA:; March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) was an American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist. Pete Seeger and Richard Fariña are American folk singers, people from Greenwich Village, singer-songwriters from New York (state) and Vanguard Records artists.
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
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Richie Havens
Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Pete Seeger and Richie Havens are American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, musicians from Manhattan, people from Greenwich Village, singer-songwriters from New York (state) and Verve Forecast Records artists.
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Ridgefield, Connecticut
Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie.
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Rodovid
Rodovid is a free online collaborative family tree portal.
Roger McGuinn
James Roger McGuinn (born James Joseph McGuinn III; July 13, 1942) is an American musician, best known for being the frontman and leader of the Byrds. Pete Seeger and Roger McGuinn are American banjoists, American folk guitarists and American folk singers.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Ronald Radosh
Ronald Radosh (born 1937) is an American social conservative writer, professor, historian, and former Marxist. Pete Seeger and Ronald Radosh are American anti–Vietnam War activists.
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Ronnie Gilbert
Ruth Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (September 7, 1926 – June 6, 2015), was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist. Pete Seeger and Ronnie Gilbert are American folk singers, American street performers and folk musicians from New York (state).
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Roscoe Holcomb
Roscoe Holcomb (born Roscoe Halcomb; September 5, 1912 – February 1, 1981) was an American singer, banjo player, and guitarist from Daisy, Kentucky. Pete Seeger and Roscoe Holcomb are American banjoists, American folk guitarists and American folk singers.
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Ruth Crawford Seeger
Ruth Crawford Seeger (born Ruth Porter Crawford; July 3, 1901 – November 18, 1953) was an American composer and folk music specialist. Pete Seeger and Ruth Crawford Seeger are Seeger family.
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Sam Gary
Sam Gary (February 19, 1917 – July 20, 1986) was an American blues and folk singer known for his collaboration with Josh White. Pete Seeger and Sam Gary are American folk singers.
Samantha Bumgarner
"Aunt" Samantha Bumgarner (October 31, 1878 - December 24, 1960) was an American early country and folk music performer and singer from Dillsboro, North Carolina.
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Samite (musician)
Samite is the stage name for African musician Samite Mulondo.
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San Diego
San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is a large amphitheatre located in Saratoga Springs, New York, on the grounds of Saratoga Spa State Park.
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Saratoga Springs, New York
Saratoga Springs is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States.
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Satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.
Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a Group A streptococcus (GAS).
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Schneider Family Book Award
The Schneider Family Book Award is an award given by the American Library Association (ALA) recognizing authors and illustrators for the excellence of portrayal of the disability experience in literature for youth.
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Seeger
Seeger is the surname of various people.
Shaka
Shaka kaSenzangakhona (–24 September 1828), also known as Shaka Zulu and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828.
Shawn Phillips
Shawn Phillips (born February 3, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, primarily influential in the 1960s and 1970s. Pete Seeger and Shawn Phillips are American folk singers.
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Silvio Rodríguez
Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born 29 November 1946) is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement.
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Sing Out!
Sing Out! was a quarterly journal of folk music and folk songs that was published from May 1950 through spring 2014.
Sis Cunningham
Agnes "Sis" Cunningham (February 19, 1909 – June 27, 2004) was an American musician, best known for her involvement as a performer and publicist of folk music and protest songs. Pete Seeger and Sis Cunningham are American communists, American folk singers and American folk-song collectors.
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Sixteen Tons
"Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
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Slavery in the United States
The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.
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Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories
Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories is a studio album by American folk singer Pete Seeger.
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Sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.
Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Smothers Brothers
The Smothers Brothers were a duo of American folk singers, musicians, and comedians consisting of siblings Tom and Dick Smothers.
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Soco Gap
Soco Gap (el.) is a mountain pass between the Plott Balsams to the south and the Great Balsam Mountains to the north.
Solomon Linda
Solomon Popoli Linda OIG (19098 September 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name),Gilmore, Inigo,, The Telegraph (UK), 11 June 2000.
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Somoza family
The Somoza family (Familia Somoza) is a political family which ruled Nicaragua for forty-three years – from 1936 to 1979.
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Son House
Edward James "Son" House Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing.
Songs for John Doe
Songs for John Doe is the 1941 debut album and first released product of the Almanac Singers, an influential early folk music group.
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Songs of the Lincoln Brigade
Songs of the Lincoln Brigade is a 1940 album by several members of the Almanac Singers: Baldwin 'Butch' Hawes, Bess Lomax Hawes and Pete Seeger, along with Tom Glazer.
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Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work, represent, and maintain, the heritage and legacy of a spectrum of the most beloved English language songs from the world's popular music songbook.
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Sonny Terry
Saunders Terrell (October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986), known as Sonny Terry, was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts. Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry are Folkways Records artists.
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Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.
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Sony Pictures Kids Zone
Sony Pictures Kids Zone is the kids and family entertainment label of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and the former record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
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Southern Spaces
Southern Spaces is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal that publishes articles, photo essays and images, presentations, and short videos about real and imagined spaces and places of the Southern United States and their connections to the wider world.
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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.
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Spirituals
Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, which merged varied African cultural influences with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade and for centuries afterwards, through the domestic slave trade.
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Steelpan
The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, pronounced) was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s.
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Surf music
Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California.
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Surprise Lake Camp
Surprise Lake Camp is a non-profit sleepaway camp located on over in North Highlands, New York (approximately north of New York City).
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Talking Union
"Talking Union" is a talking blues song written by members of the Almanac Singers.
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Tao Rodríguez-Seeger
Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (born 1972) is an American contemporary folk musician. Pete Seeger and Tao Rodríguez-Seeger are American banjoists, American folk singers, Seeger family and singer-songwriters from New York (state).
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Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present)
The Tappan Zee Bridge, officially named the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge after the former New York governor, is a twin cable-stayed bridge spanning the Tappan Zee section of the Hudson River between Tarrytown and Nyack in the U.S. state of New York.
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Tax resistance
Tax resistance is the refusal to pay tax because of opposition to the government that is imposing the tax, or to government policy, or as opposition to taxation in itself.
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Thälmann Battalion
The Thälmann Battalion was a battalion of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War.
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The Almanac Singers
The Almanac Singers was an American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and were joined by Woody Guthrie.
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The Atlantic
The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Pete Seeger and The Beatles are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.
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The Bells of Rhymney
"The Bells of Rhymney" is a song by the folk singer Pete Seeger, which consists of Seeger's own music accompanying words written by the Welsh poet Idris Davies.
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The Bronx
The Bronx is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York.
The Byrds
The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964.
The Clancy Brothers
The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music group that developed initially as a part of the American folk music revival. Pete Seeger and the Clancy Brothers are Vanguard Records artists.
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The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize or Gish Prize is given annually to "a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life." It is among the most prestigious and one of the richest prizes in the American arts.
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The Freedom Singers
The Freedom Singers originated as a quartet formed in 1962 at Albany State College in Albany, Georgia.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Horse Flies
The Horse Flies are an American alternative rock/folk band, founded in the late 1970s in Ithaca, NY under the name 'Tompkins County Horseflies' by husband and wife Jeff Claus and Judy Hyman, Richie Stearns and John Hayward.
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The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Pete Seeger and the Kingston Trio are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally written and first recorded in 1939 by Solomon Linda under the title "Mbube", through South African Gallo Record Company.
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The Mammals
The Mammals are a contemporary folk rock band based in the Hudson Valley area of New York, in the United States.
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The New School for Social Research (NSSR), previously known as The University in Exile and The New School University, is a graduate-level educational institution that is one of the divisions of The New School in New York City, United States.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Pete Seeger and The Rolling Stones are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.
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The Sessions Band
The Sessions Band is an American musical group that has periodically recorded and toured with American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen in various formations since 1997.
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show television series hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.
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The Stanley Brothers
The Stanley Brothers were an American bluegrass duo of singer-songwriters and musicians, made up of brothers Carter Stanley (August 27, 1925 – December 1, 1966) and Ralph Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016).
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The Weavers
The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. Pete Seeger and the Weavers are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and Vanguard Records artists.
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Theodore Bikel
Theodore Meir Bikel (May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was an Austrian actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist, and political activist.
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This Land Is Your Land
"This Land Is Your Land" is a song by American folk singer Woody Guthrie.
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This machine kills fascists
"This machine kills fascists" is a message that American musician Woody Guthrie placed on his guitar in the mid-1940s, starting in 1943.
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Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Tom Glazer
Thomas Zachariah Glazer (September 2, 1914 – February 21, 2003) was an American folk singer and songwriter known primarily as a composer of ballads, including: "Because All Men Are Brothers", recorded by The Weavers and Peter, Paul and Mary, "Talking Inflation Blues", recorded by Bob Dylan, "The Ballad of FDR" and "A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore". Pete Seeger and Tom Glazer are American folk singers.
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Tom Morello
Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. Pete Seeger and Tom Morello are American communists, musicians from Manhattan and singer-songwriters from New York (state).
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Tom Paxton
Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than sixty years. Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton are American anti–Vietnam War activists, American environmentalists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, fast Folk artists, Flying Fish Records artists, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, musicians from Manhattan, people from Greenwich Village, political music artists, singer-songwriters from New York (state) and Vanguard Records artists.
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Tom Winslow
Thomas Griffin Winslow (November 13, 1940 – October 23, 2010)Tom Keyser, "Tom Winslow, folk and country-blues musician, dies at 69", Albany Times Union, November 13, 2010. Pete Seeger and Tom Winslow are American street performers.
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Toshi Seeger
Toshi Seeger (born Toshi Aline Ohta; July 1, 1922 – July 9, 2013) was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist. Pete Seeger and Toshi Seeger are American environmentalists, music festival founders, people from Greenwich Village and Seeger family.
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Trini Lopez
Trinidad López III (May 15, 1937 – August 11, 2020), known as Trini Lopez, was an American singer and guitarist.
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean region of North America.
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Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International.
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Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.
Turn! Turn! Turn!
"Turn! Turn! Turn!", also known as or subtitled "To Everything There Is a Season", is a song written by Pete Seeger in 1959.
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Twelve-string guitar
A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar.
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Two Row Wampum Treaty
The Two Row Wampum Treaty, also known as Guswenta or Kaswentha and as the Tawagonshi Agreement of 1613 or the Tawagonshi Treaty, is a mutual treaty agreement, made in 1613 between representatives of the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) and representatives of the Dutch government in what is now upstate New York.
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Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
"Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" ("Come Out, Come Out, Come Out"), sometimes "Tzena, Tzena", is a song, written in 1941 in Hebrew.
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Ukulele
The ukulele (from ukulele, approximately), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii.
Union Boys
The Union Boys (also "Josh White and the Union Boys") was an American folk music group, formed impromptu in 1944, to record several songs on an album called Songs for Victory: Music for Political Action.
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Unitarian Universalism
Unitarian Universalism (otherwise referred to as UUism or UU) is a liberal religious movement characterized by a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning".
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United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Army Band
The United States Army Band, also known as "Pershing's Own", is the premier musical organization of the United States Army, founded in 1922.
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United Steelworkers
The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, commonly known as the United Steelworkers (USW), is a general trade union with members across North America.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.
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USA Today
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Recording Society is an American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City.
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Verve Forecast Records
Verve Forecast is a record label formed as a division of Verve Records to concentrate on pop, rock, and folk music. Pete Seeger and Verve Forecast Records are Verve Forecast Records artists.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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Voice of America
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international radio broadcasting state media agency owned by the United States of America.
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Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" is a song written by Pete Seeger in 1967 and made famous because of its censorship from The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
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Walkway over the Hudson
The Walkway over the Hudson (also known as the Poughkeepsie Bridge, Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge, Poughkeepsie–Highland Railroad Bridge, and High Bridge) is a steel cantilever bridge spanning the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie, New York, on the east bank and Highland, New York, on the west bank.
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Wappingers Falls, New York
Wappingers Falls is a village in the towns of Poughkeepsie and Wappinger, in Dutchess County, New York, United States.
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War poetry
War poetry is poetry on the topic of war.
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We Shall Overcome
"We Shall Overcome" is a gospel song that is associated heavily with the U.S. civil rights movement.
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We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions is the fourteenth studio album by Bruce Springsteen.
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a folk song written by American singer-songwriter Pete Seeger in 1955.
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Will Geer
Will Geer (born William Aughe Ghere; March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978) was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and other movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s. Pete Seeger and Will Geer are American communists, Hollywood blacklist and members of the Communist Party USA.
Willie Dixon
William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. Pete Seeger and Willie Dixon are American blues singer-songwriters.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.
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WNJU
WNJU (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Linden, New Jersey, United States, serving as the Telemundo outlet for the New York City area.
Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and composer who was one of the most significant figures in American folk music. Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie are American acoustic guitarists, American folk guitarists, American folk singers, American folk-song collectors, American street performers, Folkways Records artists, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, political music artists, Songster musicians and Vanguard Records artists.
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WordPress.com
WordPress.com is a web building platform for self-publishing that is popular for blogging and other works.
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Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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World War II Victory Medal
The World War II Victory Medal is a service medal of the United States military which was established by an Act of Congress on 6 July 1945 (Public Law 135, 79th Congress) and promulgated by Section V, War Department Bulletin 12, 1945.
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Yale University
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Young Communist League USA
The Young Communist League USA (YCLUSA) is a communist youth organization in the United States.
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Zulu people
Zulu people (amaZulu) are a native people of Southern Africa of the Nguni.
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1982 demonstrations in Poland
The 1982 demonstrations in Poland refers to anti-government street demonstrations organized by underground Solidarity to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement.
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See also
Activists from Manhattan
- Alan Berkman
- Alva Belmont
- Anne Wexler
- Brian Flanagan
- Dagmar Wilson
- Doris Fleischman
- Dorothy Day
- Dorothy Zellner
- Flawless Sabrina
- Fred Trump III
- Greg Lukianoff
- Holcombe Rucker
- James Cromwell
- James Peck (pacifist)
- John Christopher Drumgoole
- Joyce Dinkins
- Karen Ferguson
- Kassandra Frederique
- Maria Foscarinis
- Marilyn Saviola
- MeMe Roth
- Pete Seeger
- Rosalyn Baxandall
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Suzanne Nossel
- Vito Russo
Avon Old Farms alumni
- Adam LaVorgna
- Andre Jones (defensive back)
- Anthony Purpura
- Benjamin Thompson (architect)
- Brian Farrell (ice hockey)
- Brian Leetch
- Cam Atkinson
- Casey Rogers (American football)
- Chip Brian
- Chris Hetherington
- Chris Higgins (ice hockey)
- Christopher H. Phillips
- Colin Kane
- David Roberts (ice hockey)
- Deon Anderson
- Dushawne Simpson
- Filip Petrušev
- George Springer
- Jazz Cartier
- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
- Jonathan Quick
- Khaseem Greene
- Kristian Bush
- Matt Hussey
- Matt Lashoff
- Matt Martin (ice hockey, born 1971)
- Michael Cox (running back)
- Michael Nouri
- Mike Hermann (American football)
- Nathaniel Lande
- Nick Bonino
- Perry Bromwell
- Pete Seeger
- Philip Samuelsson
- Richard Yates (novelist)
- Sean Backman
- Stuart Holliday
- Trevor Zegras
Camp Rising Sun alumni
- Anselm Hollo
- Ashok Kamte
- Darren Aronofsky
- David Botstein
- Dick Dolman
- Frank Ochberg
- Greg Giraldo
- Itamar Rabinovich
- James Yannatos
- Jeff Orlowski
- Ji Chaozhu
- Juliane Henningsen
- Michael Pressman
- Naomi Gleit
- Neil Rudenstine
- Pete Seeger
- Robert Jastrow
- Robin Janvrin, Baron Janvrin
- Samuel R. Delany
- Sandi Simcha DuBowski
- Sidney Lumet
- Ulric Haynes
Environmental musical artists
- Banana Slug String Band
- Cattle Decapitation
- Earth Crisis
- Gojira (band)
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
- Massive Attack
- Pete Seeger
- Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Vegan Reich
Folk musicians from New York (state)
- Andrew Revkin
- April Smith and the Great Picture Show
- Beth Amsel
- Bob Dylan
- Brian Dewan
- Caroline Rose
- Cassandra Jenkins
- Don McLean
- Elvis Perkins
- Fred Hellerman
- Gil Turner
- Johanna Samuels
- John Sebastian
- Moshe Hecht
- Pete Seeger
- PigPen Theatre Co.
- Renata Zeiguer
- Ronnie Gilbert
- Skullcrusher
- Steven Keene
- Susan Reed (singer)
- Suzanne Vega
- Willy Mason
- Zusha (band)
Folkways Records artists
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Brownie McGhee
- Cisco Houston
- Clarence Ashley
- Dewey Balfa
- Dock Boggs
- Elizabeth Cotten
- Furry Lewis
- Inez Catalon
- J. B. Fuselier
- James Dapogny
- Jerry Silverman
- Joe Glazer
- John Greenway (folklorist)
- John Jackson (blues musician)
- Lead Belly
- Little Brother Montgomery
- Logan English
- Margaret Barry
- Michael Gorman (musician)
- New Lost City Ramblers
- Peggy Seeger
- Pete Seeger
- Peter La Farge
- Phil Ochs
- Rosalie Sorrels
- Sammy Walker (singer)
- Sonny Terry
- Suni Paz
- Sven-Bertil Taube
- Tod Dockstader
- Woody Guthrie
Music festival founders
- Alex Omes
- Anna Mudeka
- Candice Pedersen
- Dan Fraser
- Freddy Lim
- Grace Potter
- Jack Lang (French politician)
- Louis Tomlinson
- Lucien Larré
- Marc Geiger
- Martin Elbourne
- Mary Augusta Wakefield
- Perry Farrell
- Pete Seeger
- Russell Faibisch
- Sébastien Nasra
- Sacha Lord
- Sarah Calhoun
- Sarah McLachlan
- Steve Schewel
- Ted Gardner
- Terry McBride (CEO)
- Toshi Seeger
People convicted of contempt of Congress
- Bob Jones (Grand Dragon)
- Carl Braden
- Chandler Davis
- Edward K. Barsky
- Francis Townsend
- Frank Wilkinson
- G. Gordon Liddy
- Gerhart Eisler
- Harry Ford Sinclair
- Hollywood Ten
- Horace B. Davis
- Howard Fast
- Joseph P. Kamp
- Pete Seeger
- Peter Navarro
- Richard Kleindienst
- Robert Randal
- Robert Shelton (Ku Klux Klan)
- Steve Bannon
- William P. MacCracken Jr.
Seeger family
- Alan Seeger
- Charles Louis Seeger Sr.
- Charles Seeger
- Mika Seeger
- Mike Seeger
- Peggy Seeger
- Pete Seeger
- Ruth Crawford Seeger
- Tao Rodríguez-Seeger
- Toshi Seeger
Songster musicians
- Blind Blake
- Blind Willie McTell
- Bob Frank
- Cootie Stark
- Frank Stokes (musician)
- Furry Lewis
- Henry Thomas (blues musician)
- Jim Jackson (musician)
- John Murry (musician)
- Josh White
- Lead Belly
- Mance Lipscomb
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Papa Charlie Jackson
- Pete Seeger
- Peter Madcat Ruth
- Songster
- Woody Guthrie
Verve Forecast Records artists
- Art Porter Jr.
- Barbara Keith
- Bob Lind
- Brazilian Girls
- Brian Blade
- Don Goldie
- Jamie Cullum
- Jim and Jean
- Joy Oladokun
- Katharine McPhee
- Laura Nyro
- Pete Seeger
- Peter One
- Richie Havens
- S.G. Goodman
- Street (band)
- Sunshine Anderson
- Susan Tedeschi
- Sweet Crude (band)
- Tank and the Bangas
- Terri Lyne Carrington
- The Appletree Theatre
- The Bridges (band)
- The Hombres
- United Future Organization
- Verve Forecast Records
References
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