Author’s Note

PROLOGUE
A Voice Like Thunder

CHAPTER ONE
From Birmingham to Los Angeles

CHAPTER TWO
Straightened My Back, Kinked My Hair

CHAPTER THREE
The Toast of New York

CHAPTER FOUR
Getting Political

CHAPTER FIVE
The Fuse Is Lit

CHAPTER SIX
TV Sensation

CHAPTER SEVEN
That Lovely Odetta . . . Playing a Murderess

CHAPTER EIGHT
Enter Bob Dylan

CHAPTER NINE
In the Heart of Jim Crow

CHAPTER TEN
March Music

CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Times They Are A-Changin’

CHAPTER TWELVE
Freedom Gets Personal

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Hit or Miss

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Blues Everywhere I Go

EPILOGUE
“Who Will Be the Odetta of Now?”

Acknowledgments
Selected Discography
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Image Credits
Index

Table of Contents

Author’s Note

PROLOGUE
A Voice Like Thunder

CHAPTER ONE
From Birmingham to Los Angeles

CHAPTER TWO
Straightened My Back, Kinked My Hair

CHAPTER THREE
The Toast of New York

CHAPTER FOUR
Getting Political

CHAPTER FIVE
The Fuse Is Lit

CHAPTER SIX
TV Sensation

CHAPTER SEVEN
That Lovely Odetta . . . Playing a Murderess

CHAPTER EIGHT
Enter Bob Dylan

CHAPTER NINE
In the Heart of Jim Crow

CHAPTER TEN
March Music

CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Times They Are A-Changin’

CHAPTER TWELVE
Freedom Gets Personal

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Hit or Miss

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Blues Everywhere I Go

EPILOGUE
“Who Will Be the Odetta of Now?”

Acknowledgments
Selected Discography
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Image Credits
Index