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Which spiritual song did Pete Seeger help popularize as the anthem of the civil rights movement?
"We Shall Overcome"
"This Land Is Your Land"
"Blowin' in the Wind"
"A Change Is Gonna Come"
Answer
Pete Seeger was instrumental in popularizing the spiritual song "We Shall Overcome," which became the acknowledged anthem of the civil rights movement. He changed the lyric from "We will overcome" to the more singable "We shall overcome."
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