Folk Music Brings Unity to Occupy Wall Street | Sojourners

Folk Music Brings Unity to Occupy Wall Street

At 92 years old, Seeger – who was joined by 60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie, and several other musicians – marched over 30 blocks in peaceful protest, ending with a variety of musical performances, one of which involved the folk hymn “We Shall Overcome,” a song Seeger helped popularize half a century earlier.

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