nina simone was born eunice kathleen waymon but changed her name at 12
american singer meshell ndegeocello released her own tribute album pour une me souveraine a dedication to nina simone in 2012
 this was her response to the june 12 1963 murder of medgar evers and the september 15 1963 bombing of the 16th street baptist church in birmingham alabama that killed four young black girls and partly blinded a fifth