John Legend, Yusuf/Cat Stevens and more join crusade to restore NinaSimone's childhood home
are among the artists, musicians and actors who have pledged their support to raise funds to restore the home’s exterior. The clapboard pier and beam house helped inspire some of Simone’s most powerful work, including the songs “Mississippi Goddam” and “Four Women.”and also buy newly designed Simone-inspired merchandise. Those items include T-shirts, artist prints, pins and postcards with artwork by North Carolina-based artist Dara Coulter.
“Spaces devoted to the history and legacy of people of color, especially women of color, are far too few in America today,” said Legend in a release announcing the crowdfunding campaign. “Preserving places like the Nina Simone childhood home will help keep her powerful story alive. This campaign pays tribute to Simone’s unapologetic pursuit of musical, personal and political freedom. I’m proud to be a part of it.
The National Trust is also taking the Simone crowdfunding campaign on the road, bringing it to the 25Simone’s home is the first music site to be restored by the National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. Stated Brent Leggs, the fund’s executive director, “This modest home in Tryon embodies the story of a young black girl who transcended the constraints placed on her in the Jim Crow South to become the voice of the civil rights movement.
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