While Nina Simone’s legacy echoes through her music, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is preserving the physical space that helped shape the iconic singer’s life and artistry—her ...

1 of 8 — 1. Front angle w Street Sign_crMorganForde.JPG The childhood home of Nina Simone in Tryon has now been fully restored, but it is not yet open to the public, according to a recent news release ...

In 2016, the childhood home of High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone was under threat of demolition. After a decade of collective efforts from artists, architects, and even celebrities such as Venus ...

The house is located in Tryon, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A dilapidated three-room house in North Carolina, where a ...

Salamishah Tillet, a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and political activist, led the conversation about the life of Nina Simone as a musician and political activist. Tillet read excerpts from her ...

I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Nina Simone and over time becoming friends with her. I have never met a more talented or complicated person in my life. Nina could be little girl blue; ...

It seems like it was just a few months ago that I was writing about the Arctic Monkeys’ ‘AM’ being a quintessential October album, but alas, here we are again, with Halloween just a week away. The ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A gelatin silver print of Nina Simone ...

Jazz in the Park, one of Romania’s best-known music festivals, will return to Cluj-Napoca this summer with Lisa Simone, the daughter of legendary jazz musician Nina Simone, announced as the first ...