For me, Pete Seeger is one of the archetypal Americans. His introduction to Oh Mary Don’t You Weep from Rainbow Quest has always stayed with me: “right now, some of these pharaohs may get drowned too”. Power is no protection and justice will always win out.
Pete Seeger, Bernice Reagon & Jean Ritchie "Oh Mary Don't You Weep" (1965)YouTube video by Gospel Worldm.youtube.com