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Odetta: A Life in Music and Protest

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

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Publisher
Beacon Press
Pages
276

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Apr 13, 2021, Beacon Press
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2020, Beacon Press
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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

Edition Notes

Published in
Boston, USA
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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