The artistic genius of Nina Simone found expression not only in piano playing, singing, and composing (she despised the term ‘jazz’ and always called herself a black classical pianist), but also in passionate activism for civil rights. Simone embodied an individualist and nonconformist spirit that was truly libertarian…. Continue reading
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Paul Lawrence Dunbar on Conscience
“Good bye, I said to my conscience,
Goodbye, for aye and aye,
And I put her hands off harshly,
And turned my face away;
And conscience smitten sorely,
Returned not from that day.”
— Conscience and Remorse, Paul Lawrence Dunbar