6/29/20 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Nina Simone- Mississippi Goddam

Mississippi Goddam by Nina Simone recorded session live in Antibes, July 24-25, 1965. She announced after her 1964 album Nina Simone in Concert that the anthem was her “first civil rights song”. 

“Alabama’s gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam”- Nina Simone

Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam

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