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Odetta
Odetta Holmes
(Odetta Holmes Felious Gordon)
1930 - 2008

Singer/Actress
Guitarist/Songwriter
Civil and Human Rights Activist
 

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Singer, guitarist; born in Birmingham, Alabama (1930). During the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s she was known for her performances of African-American folk music and her albums with a repertory of spirituals, blues, and children's songs. She toured the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in 1974 and appeared in films, stage musicals, and on television.

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_____. "Odetta Holmes Felious Goron." biography.com.

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