Let Your Voice Be Heard

Download or read book Let Your Voice Be Heard written by Anita Silvey and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pete Seeger, the iconic folk musician and multiple Grammy winner, discovered early in life that what he wanted to do was make music. His amazing career as singer, songwriter, and banjo player spanned seven decades, and included both low points (being charged with contempt of Congress) and highlights (receiving the Kennedy Center Honor from President Clinton). An activist and protester, Seeger crusaded for the rights of labor, the rights of people of color, and the First Amendment right to let his voice be heard, and launched the successful campaign to clean up the Hudson River. Archival photographs and prints, source notes, bibliography, index.