"Pete"
Seeger, an American folk singer and activist died last week on 27th
January 2014. He was 94. Pete was a regular fixture on nationwide
radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the
early 1950s as a member of the group Weavers. His career took him
from labour rallies to the Top 10 in college auditoriums and to folk
festivals.
He was
convicted for contempt of US congress in 1955. Later Pete met Dr
Martin Luther King, at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee in
1957. Seeger helped King and other civil rights activists incorporate
a song into their organizing tactics. It was here at Highlander that
Seeger first sang for King what would become the anthem of the
civil-rights movement “We Shall Overcome.”
This
week, we have the same song featured here as a tribute to Seeger.
Readers from India might be well be surprised that a very popular
song in India, “Ham honge Kamyab ek din” is based on this song by
Pete Seeger.
If you
can not see the embedded video on your android devices, here is the
link. http://youtu.be/QhnPVP23rzo
You can also copy and paste the link
in your
You Tube App. If that also does not work, search You tube,Pete Seeger
We shall overcome
2nd
February 2014
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