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    RIP Odetta Gordon – Folk Music Singer and Civil Rights Activist

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    RIP Odetta Gordon – Folk Music Singer and Civil Rights Activist

    Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

    Odetta Gordon passed away on Tuesday at 77. She was called “the Queen of American Folk Music” by Martin Luther King Jr. She was also a civil rights activist and sang at the March on Washington in August 1963 and marched with King in Selma.

    Odetta had a great influence on Bob Dylan, Janice Joplin, Joan Baez, among many others.

    You can hear a clip of Odetta singing “Waterboy” in the YouTube video below…

    Rest in Peace Odetta…

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