Simone, Nina, 1933-2003
Biography:
"American singer (b. Feb. 21, 1933, Tryon, N.C.- d. April 21, 2003, Carry-le-Rouet, France), created urgent emotional intensity by singing songs of love, protest, and black empowerment in a dramatic style, with a rough-edged voice. Originally noted as a jazz singer, she became a prominent voice of the 1960s civil rights movement with recordings such as 'Mississippi Goddam' and 'Old Jim Crow'; her best-known composition was 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black.'"-- "Simone, Nina." Britannica Book of the Year, 2004. 2008. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 18 Feb. 2008
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Alabama Media Group Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Nina Simone performing at the "Stars for Freedom" rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
- Nina Simone performing at the "Stars for Freedom" rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
- Nina Simone performing at the "Stars for Freedom" rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
- Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Belafonte, Billy Eckstine, and Nipsey Russell performing at the "Stars for Freedom" rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))