Nina Simone, singer, activist - “Mississippi Goddam” (Originally 1964) This a 1965 concert.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25-U3jNWM
This was her response to the June 12, 1963, murder of Medgar Evers and the September 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young black girls and partly blinded a fifth. She said that the song was "like throwing ten bullets back at them", becoming one of many other protest songs written by Simone. The song was released as a single, and it was boycotted in some southern states.
In the song she says things are moving “too slow”. 55 years later it appears she was right.
Nina Simone, singer, activist - “Mississippi Goddam” (Originally 1964) This a 1965 concert.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25-U3jNWM
This was her response to the June 12, 1963, murder of Medgar Evers and the September 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young black girls and partly blinded a fifth. She said that the song was "like throwing ten bullets back at them", becoming one of many other protest songs written by Simone. The song was released as a single, and it was boycotted in some southern states.
In the song she says things are moving “too slow”. 55 years later it appears she was right.