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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 05 > Odetta sang soundtrack of civil rights movement

Odetta sang soundtrack of civil rights movement

Singer inspired other activists and a broad range of musicians

By James Reed / The Bulletin
December 5, 2008

Odetta, whose thunderous voice was a beacon in the civil rights movement and whose indomitable spirit fired the imaginations of fellow musicians for 50 years, died Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 77.

Her death came three weeks after she was admitted to Lenox Hill Hospital with kidney failure, said....

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