Nina Simone’s Life in Music and Activism
The performer’s transformation from jazz to politics during the Civil Rights Era
Soren Powell is a Civil War and Reconstruction historian who graduated with his Master’s degree from Miami University but is interested in all histories. He also has a soft spot for weather-related topics and enjoys reading literature.
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The performer’s transformation from jazz to politics during the Civil Rights Era
Portraits of Frederick Douglass, the most photographed American of the nineteenth century, illuminate his life and career as an abolitionist.
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