ourpresidents:

“…Pete Seeger, the folk singer. He lives not far from me near Beacon,
N.Y., and is loved by many people, young and old, who have enjoyed his music.”

-Eleanor Roosevelt, January 15, 1962

Eleanor Roosevelt and Pete Seeger shared a vision for a more equal world. In 1944, Pete was photographed singing for a racially integrated crowd at the opening of the Washington Labor Canteen, with Eleanor Roosevelt seated front and center. (Library of Congress photo)

–from the FDR Library 

Pete Seeger

May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014