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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mississippi Goddam canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.