and you have some of the elements that make Nina Simone into a unique artist. When four black children were killed in the bombing of a church in Birmingham in 1963, Nina wrote Mississippi Goddam, a ...

In 1983, Nina Simone reached a dead end ... She no longer saw the purpose in performing records like her 1963 classic “Mississippi Goddam,” or other protest songs she believed the music ...

Nina Simone (1933-2003 ... s music became deeply tied to the Civil Rights Movement, with songs like “Mississippi Goddam,” “Four Women,” and “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” becoming ...

Nina Simone – “To Be Young, Gifted and Black“ Another gem in Simone’s repertoire of activist material (previously referred to as her “first protest song”) is “Mississippi Goddamn ...

On Saturday, March 8, Lynne Jordan will present a tribute to the late Nina Simone ... [Her rendition of] ‘Mississippi Goddamn’ will have you hootin’ and hollerin’ and out of your seat.” ...

21 February 2025 marked what would have been the 92nd birthday of Nina Simone, the legendary singer ... and I Put a Spell on You showcased her expressive range, while Mississippi Goddam and To Be ...

This classic song found Nina Simone highlighting Black happiness and optimism in the face of the tumult and turmoil happening outside her window. With a positive response to her sociopolitical ...

Then Andy, my husband at the time, said to me, ‘Nina, you can’t kill anyone ... her career about an artist’s duty reflecting the times, Simone’s resulting bite back was ‘Mississippi Goddam’, a furious ...

1933—Song stylist and activist Nina Simone is born Eunice Waymon ... but one of the most memorable was “Mississippi Goddam” which was composed as a protest against the terrorist bombing ...