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The life, times and career of Odetta Felious, folk musician and civil-rights activist.
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American folk music, civil rights, the music business, Music, history and criticism, African American women singers, Biography, Women singers, Folk singers, Civil rights movements, History, Chanteuses noires américaines, Biographies, Chanteuses, Mouvements des droits de l'homme, Histoire, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / MusicPlaces
Birmingham, Alabama, Los Angeles, Chicago, New YorkTimes
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Odetta: A Life in Music and Protest
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First Sentence
"In the fall of 1952, at a party outside Los Angeles, Odetta made the walls come down, or so it seemed."
Table of Contents
Contents
Page ix
Author’s Note
Page xi
Prologue.
A Voice Like Thunder
Page 1
One.
From Birmingham to Los Angeles
Page 5
Two.
Straightened My Back, Kinked My Hair
Page 21
Three.
The Toast of New York
Page 37
Four.
Getting Political
Page 50
Five.
The Fuse Is Lit
Page 60
Six.
TV Sensation
Page 72
Seven.
That Lovely Odetta... Playing a Murderess
Page 89
Eight.
Enter Bob Dylan
Page 107
Nine.
In the Heart of Jim Crow
Page 121
Ten.
March Music
Page 132
Eleven.
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Page 153
Twelve.
Freedom Gets Personal
Page 176
Thirteen.
Hit or Miss
Page 190
Fourteen.
Blues Everywhere I go
Page 210
Epilogue.
“Who Will Be the Odetta of Now?”
Page 225
Acknowledgements
Page 229
Selected Discography
Page 232
Selected Bibliography
Page 234
Notes
Page 238
Image Credits
Page 258
Index
Page 259
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