nina simone went to school in new york and had success
in naming simone the 29thgreatest singer of all time rolling stone wrote that her honeycoated slightly adenoidal cry was one of the most affecting voices of the civil rights movement while making note of her ability to belt barroom blues croon cabaret and explore jazzsometimes all on a single record
 on her debut album for philips nina simone in concert 1964 for the first time she addressed racial inequality in the united states in the song mississippi goddam