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Mary Travers: Singer

· From pages 14 of the print edition

Mary Travers was nine when World War Two ended; 27 when she, and Peter Yarrow, and Paul Stookey, sang on the mall in Washington the day of King's "I have a dream" speech. Her voice was ever present at protests. Her most ringing protests were lyrics of sorrow . . . or hope.