Peter La Farge

Hailed by many as "Native America's Protest Poet," Peter La Farge was a folk singer and songwriter. His most famous song is "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," which is about a Pima Native American who helped raise the American flag at Iwo Jima and later experienced prejudice and died of alcoholism in America. Photo: Peter La Farge, taken by David Gahr, cover of Sing Out! 15(6).