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Nina Simone
In March 1999, Tim Sebastian met Nina Simone, to discuss her career as a singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist.
In 1999 Tim Sebastian sat down with the singer and activist Nina Simone. With her vocal performances and civil rights activism, she built a fearsome reputation as someone not to be messed with. She worked with Martin Luther King and once even shot at someone who threatened to cheat her in a business deal. But did she use music as a political weapon?
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