# Pete Seeger oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Beacon, New York, 2011 July 22

Pete Seeger recalls performing at a concert with Paul Robeson in 1949 in Peekskill, New York, visiting the Highlander Folk School, and the evolution of the song "We Shall Overcome." He remembers performing at many civil rights events, including the Selma to Montgomery March. He also discusses his thoughts on Presidents Barack Obama and Rutherford B. Hayes.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2011
- Runtime: 57 min
- By: Mosnier, Joseph
- Genres: History, Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669138/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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