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Lee Hays
Lee Hays
American folk singer and songwriter
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Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
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Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
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Sis Cunningham
Sis Cunningham
American musician
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The Weavers
The Weavers
American folk music quartet
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Hally Wood
Hally Wood
American singer
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Earl Robinson
Earl Robinson
American singer-songwriter and composer
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Bess Lomax Hawes
Bess Lomax Hawes
American folk musician and folklorist
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Cisco Houston
Cisco Houston
American musician (1918-1961)
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Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax
American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
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Ronnie Gilbert
Ronnie Gilbert
actress, musician (1926-2015)
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Mike Seeger
Mike Seeger
American singer
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Burl Ives
Burl Ives
American actor, writer and folk music singer (1905-1995)
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Lead Belly
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
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Josh White
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)
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Stephan Said
Stephan Said
American musician
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Holly Near
Holly Near
American actress, singer and activist
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Charlie King
Charlie King
American singer-songwriter
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Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
musical duo
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Guy Carawan
Guy Carawan
American musician and musicologist
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The Almanac Singers was an American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie. The group specialized in topical songs, mostly songs advocating an anti-war, anti-racism and pro-union philosophy. They were part of the Popular Front, an alliance of liberals and leftists, including the Communist Party USA (whose slogan, under their leader Earl Browder, was "Communism is twentieth century Americanism"), who had vowed to put aside their differences in order to fight fascism and promote racial and religious inclusiveness and workers' rights. The Almanac Singers felt strongly that songs could help achieve these goals.