NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. folk musician and human rights activist Pete Seeger has been named the winner of the 2009 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.
Seeger, 90, is to be presented with the award at a special outdoor tribute Sept. 3, in the South Bronx's newly-revitalized Hunts Point Riverside Park, in partnership with Rocking the Boat, a non-profit group that "uses traditional wooden boat-building and on-water education to help young people develop into empowered and responsible adults," organizers said in a release.