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Nina Simone

Nina Simone. Early Life. Born February 21 st , 1933 in North Carolina Grew up in a poor family Gave her first recital at 12 Faced discrimination http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvByxvEd8qA Given a chance to study at Julliard but ran out of money and had to quit.

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Nina Simone

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  1. Nina Simone

  2. Early Life • Born February 21st, 1933 in North Carolina • Grew up in a poor family • Gave her first recital at 12 • Faced discrimination • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvByxvEd8qA • Given a chance to study at Julliard but ran out of money and had to quit

  3. 1963-a yearto inspire rage President Kennedy Shot and killed in TX Lee Harvey Oswald killed and shot by Jack Ruby MLK gives I have a Dream speech Medgar Evers killed by the Klu Klux Klan 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (white supremacist terrorism)

  4. Civil Rights Singing Although classically trained she played gospel, pop, folk and jazz Wrote Mississippi Goddam in the same year MLK gave his famous speech in response to the assassination of Medgar Evers and other famous songs after MLK died.

  5. MississippiGoddam Written in response to death of Medgar Evers (to KKK) and to the death of four school girls due to a bomb Hides message in an upbeat tune but those words are meant to be screamed not sung. It quickly became a civil rights activist anthem and was banned in several Southern states “You don’t have to live next to me”=>NIMBYism

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