Tribute: “Queen of American Folk Music” Odetta Succumbs to Heart Disease
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December 5th, 2008
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Just before Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington, folk singer/songwriter and civil rights activist Odetta set the tone with her song, “I’m On My Way.” King, who described her as the “Queen of American Folk Music,” had asked her to accompany him to [...]
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