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Pete Seeger

American folk singer (1919–2014)

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Oct 28, 2025
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burl Ives named names before HUAC

Burl Ives’s behavior before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) is contested in contemporary accounts: , effectively ending his blacklist and alienating peers, while and framed his testi...

Jan 11, 2026
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Which famous 1960s and 1970s musicians were drafted into Vietnam and which avoided service?

The supplied reporting shows that many high-profile 1960s–70s musicians used their platform to protest the draft and the Vietnam War—artists such as Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger, Phil ...