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…And before I’d be a slave, I’d be buried in my grave. And go home to my Lord and be free.”

The voice of freedom, Odetta (Holmes), will not be able to fulfil her wish to sing at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration. The black artist passed away on Tuesday in Manhattan, NY, at age 77.

This video posted in her honor on nytimes.com movingly revives our memories.

Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Rights Movement, Odetta

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