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First In Cruelty, Last In Anything Good, There’s A Reason They Say ‘Mississippi, Goddam'
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMississippi isn’t just racist, it’s where racists go to sharpen their racism. It’s where normal...
Nina Simone's lost set at 1966 Newport Jazz Festival features Mississippi protest song
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNEW YORK — Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good: A previously unreleased recording of the...
Nina Simone’s 1966 Newport Jazz Festival Performance to Be Released as Live Album
Consequence of Sound via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe six-song set is previewed by "Mississippi Goddam" and arrives on July 21st. Nina Simone’s 1966...
What is happening in Mississippi?
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoOPINION: Police misconduct, a welfare scandal and a water crisis in the state's majority-Black capital city are among the many challenges Black...
We’re Seeing the Devastation of Environmental Racism—From Mississippi to Pakistan
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyTypically, when an environmental disaster...
Song's characters come to life in 'Nina Simone: Four Women' at Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months ago"Nina Simone: Four Women," Milwaukee Repertory Theater's new production, is neither a musical nor a...
Notes on faith: Can the U.S. be saved? The Black prophetic voice holds the hope of true liberation
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn pressing times like these, Rev. Calvin Taylor Skinner reflects on how the Black prophetic voice...
How Anjimile Turned Black Trans Rage Into His Magnum Opus With ‘The King’
Billboard via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn the surface, Anjimile Chithambo seems like a fairly laid-back, affable person. Walking to a...
Piecing together the story of my father, the Black cowboy-musician Jimmy Holiday
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the 1950s, he quickly developed a reputation for being a gun-toting, switchblade-carrying man on...
Kansas City Rep announces 60th season, spotlighting civil rights and Constitution
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year ago“It is a really engaging, surprising look at the Constitution. It would seem as if it could be dry,...