Attended the “Combahee River Collective Mixtape: Black Feminist Sonic Dissent Then and Now” at @barnardcollege featuring speakers Kara Keeling, Jacqueline Stewart, and my former college professor Daphne Brooks. Professor Brooks spoke about black women artists like Odetta, a folk singer and guitarist whose music influenced others, including Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin. Called the “Queen of American folk music” by Martin Luther King, Jr., Odetta was an out lesbian whose protest songs contributed to the Civil Rights Movement. With her performance at the March on Washington and at various other human rights events, Odetta’s legacy lives on in the likes of artists from Solange to Janelle Monae. . . . #odetta #odettaholmes #americanfolksinger #queenofamericanfolk #voiceofthecivilrightsmovement #blackartsmovement #protestmusic #civilrights #humanrights #blackfemalemusicians #blackfemalefolksingers #combaheerivercollective #queerstudies #blackandqueer #blackfeministmovement #feminism #intersectionality #intersectionalfeminism (at Diana Center, Barnard College)