15. Pete Seeger, 'We Shall Overcome' (1963) This was one of the civil rights movement's most popular songs, an unofficial anthem so pervasive that President Lyndon B. Johnson slipped the title ...

McCarthy dragged Pete Seeger in to testify before the House ... He helped to transform “We Shall Overcome” into a civil rights anthem. He sang it on the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery ...

Blacklisted during the McCarthy era, a committed advocate for civil rights, environmental causes, social justice, and peace, Seeger remained a socialist till the end. Pete Seeger’s legacy ...

As the civil rights movement gained momentum in the 1960s, folk music gave voice to a new generation longing for equality and justice. "We Shall Overcome" is particularly well-known as a civil rights ...