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Summary Of Protest Music By Pete Seeger

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This book examines Pete Seeger and how he became one of the most influential activists and folk singers in the 1960s. Winkler uses Pete Seeger's life and music as a way to discuss the important role protest music played during the various social movements. Seeger's life throughout the text reflects the turbulence going on during the sixties. The songs he composed during this decade were used as a tool to motivate people from all walks of life to band together and bring about change. Winkler’s book does give insight in the sixties through Seeger life but is limited to only one genre of protest music. However, I can use this as a secondary source of information since Peter Seeger is an important musician during the sixties who’s protest songs
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