- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Pete Seeger oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Beacon, New York, 2011-07-22
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Mosnier, Joseph
Seeger, Pete, 1919- - Date of Original:
- 2011-07-22
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
We shall overcome
Civil rights movements--United States--Songs and music
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Folk singers--Interviews - Location:
- United States, New York, Beacon, 41.504879, -73.9696822
United States, New York, Dutchess County, 41.76515, -73.74286 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf - Description:
- Pete Seeger recalls performing at a concert with Paul Robeson in 1949 in Peekskill, New York, visiting the Highlander Folk School, and the evolution of the song "We Shall Overcome." He remembers performing at many civil rights events, including the Selma to Montgomery March. He also discusses his thoughts on Presidents Barack Obama and Rutherford B. Hayes.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0039/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video files of 4 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (57 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (25 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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