The American singer, actor, guitarist, poet, and civil rights activist Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), better known by her stage as Odetta, was sometimes referred to as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement.”
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Her primary musical genres included American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. She was a pivotal role in the 1950s and 1960s American folk music revival and had a significant impact on many of its leading lights, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin.
Rosa Parks was her biggest admirer, and Martin Luther King Jr. referred to her as the “queen of American folk music,” according to Time magazine’s 2011 listing of the 100 Greatest Popular Songs, which featured her rendition of “Take This Hammer.”
