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Odetta : a life in music and protest  Cover Image Book Book

Odetta : a life in music and protest / Ian Zack.

Zack, Ian, (author.).

Summary:

"The untold story of the woman whose music and afro inspired a generation, whose voice provided a soundtrack for the unfolding civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780807035320
  • ISBN: 0807035327
  • Physical Description: xi, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A voice like thunder -- From Birmingham to Los Angeles -- Straightened my back, kinked my hair -- The toast of New York -- Getting political -- The fuse is lit -- TV sensation -- That lovely Odetta...playing a murderess -- Enter Bob Dylan -- In the heart of Jim Crow -- March music -- The times they are a-changin' -- Freedom gets personal -- Hit or miss -- Blues everywhere I go -- "Who will be the Odetta of now?"
Subject: Odetta, 1930-2008.
African American women singers > Biography.
Women singers > United States > Biography.
Folk singers > United States.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library 782.42162 ZACK (Text) 34455006743039 Adult Nonfiction 1st FL Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 782.421 (Text) 33062009328437 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library ODETTA (Text) 31901004435816 Adult Biography Available -

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