"The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement"

She influenced a generation of folk singers, including the young BOB DYLAN and JOAN BAEZ, and became known as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement."
ODETTA HOLMES, who sang under her first name, has died age 77.
Odetta was touring with the show "Finian's Rainbow" when she "fell in with an enthusiastic group of young balladeers in SAN FRANCISCO."
She had been performing the songs of workingmen and slaves, farmers and miners ever since.
We have a few Odetta songs scattered across various folk compilations. I'll be listening to them today.