"Alabama's got me so upset..."
Details
| Title | "Alabama's got me so upset..." |
| Author | Nina Simone |
| Duration | 0:19 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=alAlXLxf6Vc |
Description
"Alabama's got me so upset..."
On the 60th anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four Black girls, we revisit Nina Simone's song, "Mississippi Goddam," which was inspired in part by the bombing perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan.
"When the kids got killed being at church, that did it. First you get depressed and after that you get mad. And when these kids got bombed I just sat down and wrote this song. And it's a very moving, violent song. Cause that's how I feel about the whole thing." - #ninasimone
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