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Share Odetta Holmes: Voice of Civil Rights Odetta Holmes “No one can dub you with dignity. That’s yours to claim.” – Odetta Holmes Odetta Holmes—known simply as Odetta—was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on December 31, 1930. At age six, she moved to Los Angeles, where she studied music at the Los Angeles City College. [...] September 1st, 2010 | Tags: Bill Clinton, Bob Dylan, civil rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Joan Baez, Musical Communicator of the Month, Odetta Holmes, social justice | Categories: Musical Communicator of the Month
Leave a comment | Share: Share Woody Guthrie: Working Class Balladeer July 2010 “I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are [...] July 1st, 2010 | Tags: activism, Dust Bowl, farming, free speech, migrant workers, Musical Communicator of the Month, social justice, Woody Guthrie, World War II | Categories: Musical Communicator of the Month
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