Pete Seeger

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Pete Seeger was a seminal American folk singer, songwriter, and social activist whose music and advocacy were central to the 20th-century folk revival and numerous progressive movements.

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instanceOf banjo player
environmentalist
folk singer
human
political activist
social activist
songwriter
advocatedFor civil rights
environmental protection
labor rights
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Kennedy Center Honors
National Medal of Arts
causeOfDeath natural causes
collaboratedWith Bob Dylan
Lead Belly
Woody Guthrie
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1919-05-03
dateOfDeath 2014-01-27
employer Columbia Records NERFINISHED
Folkways Records
familyName Pete Seeger self-linksurface differs
surface form: Seeger
fullName Pete Seeger self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peter Seeger
genre folk music
protest music
givenName Peter
instrument banjo
guitar
language English
memberOf Almanac Singers
The Weavers
movement American folk music revival
anti–Vietnam War movement
civil rights movement NERFINISHED
environmental movement
notableIdea use of music in social movements
notableWork If I Had a Hammer
Turn! Turn! Turn!
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
We Shall Overcome
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
parent Charles Seeger
Constance de Clyver Edson Seeger
placeOfBirth New York NERFINISHED
New York City
United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York NERFINISHED
New York City
United States NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology left-wing politics
pacifism
residence Beacon, New York NERFINISHED
spouse Toshi-Aline Ohta Seeger

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Woody Guthrie associatedWith Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger familyName Pete Seeger self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Seeger
subject surface form: No Direction Home
Pete Seeger fullName Pete Seeger self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Peter Seeger
Hammond promoted Pete Seeger
subject surface form: John H. Hammond Jr.