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Description edit
Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in North Carolina at the tail-end of the Great Depression, Nina Simone was a precocious child with dreams of becoming the world’s first black classical soloist. After a rejection from an elite New York conservatoire—a rejection she always believed stemmed from the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nina Simone: Add a description of this character.
- Eunice Waymon
- Andy Stroud
- Lisa
- Gerrit De Bruin
- Mary Kate
- John Divine
- Martin Luther King
- Raymond Gonzalez
- Miriam Makeba
- Max Cohen
- Roger Nupie
- Malcolm
- Edney
- Andrew Stroud
- Clifton Henderson
- James Brown
- Paul Robinson
- James Baldwin
- Ronnie Scott
- Alvin
- Lorraine
- Syd Nathan
- Jacques Bonni
- Miles Davis
- Jerry Fields
- Tolbert
- Javier Collado
- C.c.
- Stokely Carmichael
- Odetta
- Claude Nobs
- Sam Waymon
- Al Schackman
- Isabelle Terrin
- Curtis
- Ray Charles
- Kennedy
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- America
- Paris
- Monrovia
- Philadelphia
- United States
- Switzerland
- Europe
- Liberia
- South Africa
- London
- Tryon
- France
- Geneva
- Carnegie Hall
- Barbados
- Chicago
- Mount Vernon
- Harlem
- Usa
- Sncc
- Bethlehem
- Birmingham
- Bouc-bel-air
- Town Hall
- Detroit
- Washington
- Amsterdam
- Islam
- Nijmegen
- Newport
- Hollywood
- Los Angeles
- Lagos
- Manhattan
- Caribbean
- North Carolina
- England
- Olympia
- Ghana
- Alabama
- Kinshasa
- Holland
- Mississippi
- Nigeria
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Brun-Lambert (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 782.42164092
Subjects edit
- Books › Entertainment › Music › Musical Genres › Soul
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › African-American Studies
- Books › Entertainment › Music › Musical Genres › Jazz
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Composers & Musicians
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Ethnic & National › African-American & Black
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Entertainers
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