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From top left (clockwise): Pete Seeger, Lee Hayes, Fred Halterman, and Ronnie Gilbert of The Weavers in Philadelphia, on Feb. 26,1953.Bettmann—CORBIS
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From left: Henry A. Wallace, making a political tour of the American South, listens to Pete Seeger play the banjo on a plane between Norfolk and Richmond, Aug. 28, 1948.AP
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American folksinger and activist Pete Seeger sings with fellow activists at a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) rally, in Greenwood, Miss., in 1963.Adger Cowans—Getty Images
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Pete Seeger (center) and his Toshi sit during a recording session with John Hurt, c. 1960s.Harry Naltchayan—The Washington Post/Getty Images
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Pete Seeger conducts an instrument making session on Children’s Day at the Newport, R.I., Folk Festival on July 20, 1966.AP
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Pete Seeger, c. 1960s.Terry Cryer—CORBIS
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Pete Seeger performs on a TV show in East Berlin, on Jan. 3, 1967.Zentralbild—AP
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Folk singer Pete Seeger aboard his boat, the sloop Clearwater, on Aug. 12, 1969, sailing from Massachusetts to New York City.AP
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Pete Seeger performs at the Bread and Roses III benefit concert, in Berkeley, Calif., on Oct. 5, 1979.Roger Ressmeyer—CORBIS
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From left: Pete Seeger, Al Sharpton and other civil rights activists lead a demonstration in protest of the Tawana Brawley incident, in Albany, N.Y., in March 1988.James Marshall—Corbis
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19 Apr 1989, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA --- Folk singer Pete Seeger leads a crowd of mourners from the childhood home of political activist Abbie Hoffman to Temple Emmanuel for a traditional Jewish memorial service. Hoffman was recently found dead in his Pennsylvania home. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBISBettmann—CORBIS
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From left: Pete Seeger, actress Julie Harris, and actor Harry Belafonte speak at a press conference after being awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14, 1994.Wally McNamee—CORBIS
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Pete Seeger (center) with Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, Tom Morello and Dave Matthews during a concert celebrating Seeger's 90th birthday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on May 3, 2009.Lucas Jackson—Reuters/Corbis
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