Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger was an American folk singer and activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers.  

A prolific songwriter, his best-known songs have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement and are sung throughout the world. Seeger was one of the folksingers most responsible for popularizing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" that became the acknowledged anthem of the 1960s American Civil Right Movement. 

Seeger was involved in the environmental organization Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which he co-founded in 1966. The organization has worked since then to bring attention to pollution in the Hudson River, and and worked to clean it.