Experimented with communism before taking part in a number of civil rights and anti-war protests.

Pete Seeger experimented with Communism before taking part in a number of civil rights and anti-war protests.

Peter Seeger was an American folk singer and social activist. In 1936, when he was 17, Pete Seeger joined the Young Communist League (YCL). In 1942, he became a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) itself but left in 1949.

He became one of the folk singers responsible for makinf the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" popular (also recorded by Joan Baez and many other singer-activists) that was embraced as the acknowledged anthem of the Civil Rights Movement.

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the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.