Lisa Simone Kelly, the only child of legendary singer Nina Simone, defended actress Zoe Saldana in an interview with Time on Thursday. Saldana has come under fire since being cast as the singer in an ...

The dilapidated wooden cottage in North Carolina that was the birthplace of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone now has the protection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The ...

“Mississippi Goddam” is a song of the Civil Rights Era, and our own. Listen to it with our critic Wesley Morris. By Wesley Morris Adam Pendleton and Gabriela Hearst celebrated a recent collaboration ...

Efforts continue to preserve the childhood home of music legend Nina Simone. TRYON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Efforts continue to preserve the childhood home of music legend Nina Simone. Restoration of the ...

Of all the young artists who got their start in the early days of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Apphia Campbell has likely had the most eclectic and international career. Campbell returns to ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The new documentary on legendary singer-songwriter Nina ...

For Alexander Simone, legacy is walking down the road created by two iconic Black women while paving his own. As the grandson of jazz and soul legend Nina Simone and the son of singer and actress Lisa ...

Nina Simone’s childhood home has been restored as a historic landmark honoring the activist and singer’s legacy. Warning issued as 5 million people told to stay inside for 34 hours Retired Army ...

…How to be young, gifted and black?Oh, how I long to know the truthThere are times when I look backAnd I am haunted by my youth…”This are opening lines from the 3rd verse of her popular Civil Rights ...