Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Pete Seeger take part in Columbia Univ. Teachers College graduation
NYP2003052008 - NEW YORK, MAY 20 (UPI) -- Activist/singer Pete Seeger tunes his guitar on May 20, 2003 prior to taking part in commencement ceremonies for Columbia University Teachers College. ep/Ezio Petersen UPI
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Fans including the Library of Congress cheered and honored U.S. folk singer Pete Seeger, who turned 94 Friday.
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A green group founded by folk singer Pete Seeger has teamed with a museum and city to turn part of a Hudson River harbor into a learning center, the group said.
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Police arrested dozens of Occupy Oakland protesters encamped at a plaza near the California community's City Hall Tuesday and began dismantling the camp.
The Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City moved to Union Square Saturday to bolster the 16th Annual Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality event.
Irwin Silber, who helped spur the folk music movement of the 1950s and 1960s as editor of Sing Out!, has died at the age of 84, his son announced.
U.S. folk musician and human rights activist Pete Seeger has been named the winner of the 2009 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.
A gift company started by a musician inspired by a landfill has created a wind chime supporting the ecology of New York's Hudson River, the company says.
More than 18,000 people turned out for a New York concert celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th birthday.
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