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Nina Simone's Song 'Mississippi Goddam'

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Nina Simone reacts to the ubiquitous attacks on the African American community with her song Mississippi Goddam. In it she describes the constant distress that is inevitable as an African American woman. She expresses her ache and resentment with definitive lyrics such as: “The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam And I mean every word of it”. Nina takes advantage of the stage and uses her voice, to convey the pain of her community. Her voice becomes the translator of the black community in order to bring forth the mental and physical torment occurring as her song suggests, in Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi. Nina didacts the experiences and emotions of fear and being ambushed with the following lyrics: “Hound dogs on my trail, School

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