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Pete Seeger  

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  • Pete Seeger is a world-renowned folksinger and political activist who was born in Patterson, New York, on May 3, 1919, to musicologist Charles Seeger and classical musician Constance Seeger. He was exposed to the music of the rural South while on tour with his parents. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Seeger, Pete (1919–)]

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