Pete Seeger Oral History Interview

Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Seeger, Pete, American, 1919 - 2014

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Robeson, Paul, American, 1898 - 1976

Highlander Folk School, American

President Barack Obama, American, born 1961

Hayes, Rutherford B., American, 1822 - 1893

Date

July 22, 2011

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 00:57:22

Description

The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.39.1a, 2011.174.39.1b, 2011.174.39.1c, and 2011.174.39.1d.

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.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0039

Place collected

Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Selma to Montgomery Marches

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Topic

Activism

Civil rights

Musicians

Politics

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number

2011.174.39.1a-d

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Usage

Usage conditions apply

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57cf84e12-9b3b-4804-a3d5-1c2ea7676175