31/05/2021
Mississippi Goddam was the sound of Nina Simone being radicalized in real-time. For her, it revealed two universal truths- 1)"everybody knows" and 2)"goddam". Simone's "legendary cursing song" was radical not only for its profane nature, but the ways in which it challenged her white audiences to confront the question of whether they really wanted change or whether they just wanted a show. Join us as we explore black leftism's confrontation with the institutions of white supremacy, the persistence of double consciousnesses throughout the ages, Black Power, moving beyond respectability politics and getting angry, and what the appropriate response to constant campaigns of violence is. We look at this not only through Simone's work, but that of her friends and contemporaries (Hansberry, Hughes, Malcolm X, MLK Jr.), Brecht, Jordan Peele, Toni Morrison, Barack Obama, and Leonard Cohen
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Mississippi Goddam was the sound of Nina Simone being radicalized in real-time. For her, it revealed two universal truths- 1)"everybody knows" and 2)"goddam". Simone's "legendary cursing song" was
