"We Shall Overcome": Remembering Folk Icon Pete Seeger on What Would Have Been His 100th Birthday

It was 100 years ago today that the late folk singer and activist Pete Seeger was born. In 2004, Seeger came into our Firehouse studio for an in-depth interview. We play an excerpt to mark his centennial celebration, in which he recalls how he learned about the classic civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome," that he helped to popularize. Watch the full interview and our full archive of interviews with Seeger.