On March 6, 1996, Seeger visited John Jay as a guest in a Thematic (now Interdisciplinary) Studies course on “The Individual in Conflict.” Co-taught by professors Michael Blitz, Donald Goodman, Geoffrey Fairweather and Gerald Markowitz, the freshman-level course devoted several sessions to “Civil Rights, Race and Racism” – a perfect fit for Seeger, the author or popularizer of such songs as “Turn, Turn, Turn,” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” “We Shall Overcome” and “If I Had a Hammer,” among many others.
