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- NAME: Odetta
- OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Songwriter, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: December 31, 1930
- DEATH DATE: December 02, 2008
- EDUCATION: Belmont High School, Los Angeles City College
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham, Alabama
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
- Full Name: Odetta Holmes
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Odetta. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/odetta-507480. Accessed May 18, 2013.
It's from their forebears, and it's an alternative to what they hear on the radio. As long as I am performing, I will be pointing out that heritage that is ours."
Odetta continued performing right up until almost the day of her death on December 2, 2008, at the age of 77. She had dreamed of performing at the inauguration of President Barack Obama, but tragically passed away just weeks before he took office.
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