Fight over future of library that sparked civil rights ideasA fight is brewing in Tennessee over a legendary civil rights and labor organizing center whose alumni and supporters include Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Pete Seeger gets own stamp; ceremony planned at Newport FolkPete Seeger is the latest American musician to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.
George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95George Wein, one of the great impresarios of 20th century music who helped found the Newport jazz and folk festivals and set the template for gatherings everywhere from Woodstock to the south of France, has died at 95.
Bruce Springsteen receives this year's Woody Guthrie PrizeBruce Springsteen has won the Woody Guthrie Prize, which is given annually to an artist seen as carrying on the spirit of the folk singer whose music focused on the plight of the poor and disenfranchised.