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The life, times and career of Odetta Felious, folk musician and civil-rights activist.

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Beacon Press
Pages
276

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Subjects
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 / Music
People
Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
Places
Birmingham, Alabama, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York
Times
1930-2008

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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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Copyright Date
2020

Classifications

Library of Congress
ML420.O34Z3 2020, ML420.O34 Z3 2020

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Pagination
xi, 276p
Number of pages
276
Weight
596 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28035474M
ISBN 13
9780807035320
LCCN
2019056298, 2019056299
OCLC/WorldCat
1109399845, 1133661633

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