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To Be Young Gifted and Simone
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To be young, gifted and Simone. About Nina. The British poet Shelley once said, “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.” When the historical record of the 20th century is finally written,… Full Transcript
The brilliant and beautiful Nina Simone in her classic lament, “Baltimore,” sings of a city by the sea, but one that she longs to flee from, because of its hardness and its meanness. In her… Full Transcript