Nina Simone Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. many African Americans described her song "To be Young, Gifted and Black" to resemble this.
  2. 5. A sad theme in her song "Mississippi Goddam"
  3. 6. A word used to describe her according to RollingStone, another way of saying she was 'ahead of her time', "People are drawn to her now because she was ahead of her time" (RollingStone).
  4. 8. When "To be Young, Gifted and Black" was released, she attended many of these.
  5. 9. Simone was known to drastically change the history of ___.
  6. 11. An instrument that she played that can be defined as the start of her music career.
  7. 13. The name of her debut album
  8. 15. another word for a group of four people
Down
  1. 1. Wanted to elicit this from Black children from her songs.
  2. 3. The last name of Simone's late friend that had inspired "To be Young, Gifted and Black"
  3. 4. She wanted people who listened to her music to be ______ by the meaningful message(s).
  4. 7. Simone's main goal was ______ in African Americans through her music.
  5. 10. The Curtis Institute of Music refused Simone. "Simone believed she was denied entry solely because she was African American. This event shaped her views on race relations and would _____ her activism later in life." (National Museum of African American History & Culture)
  6. 12. One genre of music she dabbled in in her era.
  7. 14. Another popular music genre she explored, specifically in "My Baby Just Cares for Me".