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While Simone died in 2003, a new documentary, “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” sheds light on her music and politics. Her song “Mississippi Goddam” became an anthem of the civil rights movement.
So Nina's at Juilliard, and the money the townsfolk had collected for her has run out. She applies to Curtis [Institute of Music], where, if she was accepted, tuition would be paid for by the ...
The film explores Nina Simone's heavy involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, emphasising just how important and inflammatory her protest song 'Mississippi Goddam' was (it's easy to forget that ...
Miss New York Nina Davuluri, 24, the new Miss America does the traditional dip her toes in the ocean on the beach in front of Boardwalk Hall. “I did not say that.
Here she is. Nina Davuluri, your Miss America 2014. For the second year running, the title goes to a Miss New York. Davuluri, 24, who hails from Syracuse, tonight became the first Miss America to ...