Mississippi Goddam

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"Mississippi Goddam" is a powerful 1964 protest song by Nina Simone that confronts racism and violence in the United States, particularly in the Jim Crow South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights song
protest song
song
associatedWithEvent American civil rights movement in the 1960s
bannedIn several Southern U.S. states radio stations
composer Nina Simone
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Nina Simone
firstPerformanceYear 1964
firstReleaseFormat live recording
genre civil rights movement song
jazz
political song
protest music
hasCulturalImpact became an anthem of the civil rights movement
cemented Nina Simone's reputation as a protest artist
hasMusicalStyle uptempo show-tune style contrasted with serious lyrics
hasOpeningLine The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam
hasRefrain "Alabama's gotten me so upset, Tennessee made me lose my rest, and everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam"
hasSubject American civil rights movement
Jim Crow laws
Southern United States
racial violence
racism in the United States
segregation in the United States
hasTheme anger at racial injustice
call for immediate change
critique of white liberalism
impatience with gradualism in civil rights
includedIn Nina Simone live performance repertoire
inspiredBy 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
murder of Medgar Evers
language English
lyricist Nina Simone
notableFor addressing civil rights issues directly in popular music
being Nina Simone's first overtly political song
partOfAlbum Nina Simone in Concert
performedAt Carnegie Hall
performer Nina Simone
placeMentioned Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
recordedIn 1964
recordLabel Philips Records
releaseYear 1964
vocalist Nina Simone

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Nina Simone notableWork Mississippi Goddam
Eunice Kathleen Waymon notableWork Mississippi Goddam
Nina Simone in Concert hasTrack Mississippi Goddam