it is read by james earl jones. then we remember the legendary folk musician and activist pete seeger, who died in january. he was 94. realize that little things lead to bigger things. seeds is all about. this wonderful parable in the new testament. some seeds fall in the pathway and get stamped on, they don t grow. some fall in the rocks and they don t grow. but some seeds fall on fallow ground and they grow and multiply a thousandfold. who knows where some good little thing that you have done may bring results years later that you never dreamed of. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in this holiday special, we begin with the words of frederick douglass. born into slavery around 1818, he became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. on july 5, 18 52 in rochester, new york, he gave one of his most famous speeches, the meaning of july 4 for the negro. he was addressing the rochester lad
than 160 years ago. it is read by james earl jones. then we remember the legendary folk musician and activist pete seeger, who died in january. he was 94. realize that little things lead to bigger things. seeds is all about. this wonderful parable in the new testament. some seeds fall in the pathway and get stamped on, they don t grow. some fall in the rocks and they don t grow. but some seeds fall on fallow ground and they grow and multiply a thousandfold. who knows where some good little thing that you have done may bring results years later that you never dreamed of. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in this holiday special, we begin with the words of frederick douglass. born into slavery around 1818, he became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. on july 5, 18 52 in rochester, new york, he gave one of his most famous speeches, the meaning of july 4 for the negro. he was addressi
legendary folk singer and activist has died at the age of 94. realized that little things lead to bigger things. this wonderful parable in the scatterament, the sower seeds, sump on the pathway and get stamped on and don t grow. some fall on the rocks and they don t grow, but some seeds fall on how the ground and grow and multiply a thousand fold. who knows where some good little thing that you have done they bring results years later that you never dreamed of. pete seeger in his own words and song for the hour. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the legendary folk singer and activist pete seeger has died at the age of 94. he helped found the american folk music movement. he played with woody guthrie and the almanac singers in the 1940 s, stood up against senator joseph mccarthy s witchhunt in the 1950 s, and oppose the vietnam war in the 1960 s. he inspired generations of protest singers to
british protest singer billy bragg and will coffman. history has a habit of repeating itself every now and then and the songs that he was riding in the 1930 s an 1940 s and 50 s can often have an amazing relevance for what is going on now. i think it is about time people started listening to woody guthrie again. and we hear the legendary folk singer pete seeger describe his first meeting with woody guthrie. he took over for 20 minutes and entranced everybody. i come from oklahoma, you know. it is a rich state. if you want lead, we have lead. if you want coal, we have coal in oklahoma. woody guthrie. all that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. amy goodman: commemorations are being held across the country this year to mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of the country s greatest songwriters, woody guthrie. born on july 14, 1912, in okemah, oklahoma, guthrie wrote hundreds of folk songs,
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