Pete Seeger

I sang, if I had a hammer and tea for Texas, I forgot what else. We shall not be moved, maybe.

I sang, if I had a hammer and tea for Texas, I forgot what else. We shall not be moved, maybe.

And we had stones thrown at us. It was a pretty horrifying day. A lot of people thought this is the beginning of American fascism. This is how Hitler got started. I was just one of 10,000 people there or 20,000. It was a huge crowd. Came to hear Paul Robeson. But the Ku Klux Klan had infiltrated the police force of the county and maybe the state for all I know, and the city.

And we had stones thrown at us. It was a pretty horrifying day. A lot of people thought this is the beginning of American fascism. This is how Hitler got started. I was just one of 10,000 people there or 20,000. It was a huge crowd. Came to hear Paul Robeson. But the Ku Klux Klan had infiltrated the police force of the county and maybe the state for all I know, and the city.

And we had stones thrown at us. It was a pretty horrifying day. A lot of people thought this is the beginning of American fascism. This is how Hitler got started. I was just one of 10,000 people there or 20,000. It was a huge crowd. Came to hear Paul Robeson. But the Ku Klux Klan had infiltrated the police force of the county and maybe the state for all I know, and the city.

I don't know the details, but it was the Ku Klux Klan that initiated the attack. And they had the concert surrounded with walkie-talkies like a battlefield. And after the concert was over, everybody who attended it was directed down one road. There were three roads you could have gone, to the left or straight ahead or to the right. Now, I wanted to go to the left because my home was...

I don't know the details, but it was the Ku Klux Klan that initiated the attack. And they had the concert surrounded with walkie-talkies like a battlefield. And after the concert was over, everybody who attended it was directed down one road. There were three roads you could have gone, to the left or straight ahead or to the right. Now, I wanted to go to the left because my home was...

I don't know the details, but it was the Ku Klux Klan that initiated the attack. And they had the concert surrounded with walkie-talkies like a battlefield. And after the concert was over, everybody who attended it was directed down one road. There were three roads you could have gone, to the left or straight ahead or to the right. Now, I wanted to go to the left because my home was...

But the police said, no, all cars down here. And they directed us as though we were going to run the gauntlet. And there were some 15 piles of stones about the size of a baseball, which had been waist high, these stones, thousands of stones. And every car that came by got a stone, wham, at close range.

But the police said, no, all cars down here. And they directed us as though we were going to run the gauntlet. And there were some 15 piles of stones about the size of a baseball, which had been waist high, these stones, thousands of stones. And every car that came by got a stone, wham, at close range.

But the police said, no, all cars down here. And they directed us as though we were going to run the gauntlet. And there were some 15 piles of stones about the size of a baseball, which had been waist high, these stones, thousands of stones. And every car that came by got a stone, wham, at close range.

There was a policeman standing about 80 feet away, and I said, Officer, aren't you going to do something? And he said, Move on, move on. Then I look around. The guy in back of me was getting stone after stone because he couldn't get past me. I was stopped. So I moved on. Funny, about a year and a half ago, I was out west. The man says, Pete, you were at Peekskill, weren't you? Yeah, I said.

There was a policeman standing about 80 feet away, and I said, Officer, aren't you going to do something? And he said, Move on, move on. Then I look around. The guy in back of me was getting stone after stone because he couldn't get past me. I was stopped. So I moved on. Funny, about a year and a half ago, I was out west. The man says, Pete, you were at Peekskill, weren't you? Yeah, I said.

There was a policeman standing about 80 feet away, and I said, Officer, aren't you going to do something? And he said, Move on, move on. Then I look around. The guy in back of me was getting stone after stone because he couldn't get past me. I was stopped. So I moved on. Funny, about a year and a half ago, I was out west. The man says, Pete, you were at Peekskill, weren't you? Yeah, I said.

He says, Do you remember the time you stopped and spoke to a policeman? And I said, Yeah. And there was a car in back of me. He says, I was in that car. I said,

He says, Do you remember the time you stopped and spoke to a policeman? And I said, Yeah. And there was a car in back of me. He says, I was in that car. I said,

He says, Do you remember the time you stopped and spoke to a policeman? And I said, Yeah. And there was a car in back of me. He says, I was in that car. I said,

Well, he would have been killed if I hadn't moved on.

Well, he would have been killed if I hadn't moved on.

Well, he would have been killed if I hadn't moved on.