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Miigwech

(3,741 posts) Mon Feb 8, 2021, 11:41 AM Feb 2021

For Black History Month. Nina Simone sings about the assassination of the great Medgar Evers.

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For Black History Month. Nina Simone sings about the assassination of the great Medgar Evers. (Original Post) Miigwech Feb 2021 OP

This is a great protest song, probably alluding to Emmett Till and the 16th Street Baptist Church Nitram Feb 2021 #1

Thank you for this! Miigwech Feb 2021 #2

Nitram

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1. This is a great protest song, probably alluding to Emmett Till and the 16th Street Baptist Church

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 07:03 PM

Feb 2021

bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in addition to the assassination of Evers. "Strange Fruit" may be more powerful in some ways, but this song more clearly expresses the anger people felt.

Miigwech

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2. Thank you for this!

Reply to Nitram (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 11:07 AM

Feb 2021

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