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Remembering Musician and Folklorist Guy Carawan

Claremont, Calif. (May 13, 2015)—Guy Carawan, Pitzer’s folklorist-in-residence in the late ’60s and early ’70s, is being remembered around the country as the musician and activist who made “We Shall Overcome” an anthem of the civil rights movement. Carawan died on May 2 at the age of 87. Carawan started teaching at Pitzer in the [Read More...]
May 13, 2015