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On why prison and work songs are liberation songs:
You're walking down life's road, society's foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can't get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.

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Born: December 31, 1930
Died: December 2, 2008 (aged 77)
Bio: Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement".
Known for:
  1. Odetta Sings (1970)
  2. Odetta Sings Dylan (1965)
  3. Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1956)
  4. Gonna Let It Shine (2005)
  5. Blues Everywhere I Go (1999)

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