Nina Simone would have been 85 today. Here's a look at her legendary career in music and activism.
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00:00I'm sorry that I didn't become the world's first black classic pianist.
00:06I think I would have been happier. I'm not very happy now.
00:30I'm sorry that I didn't become the world's first black classic pianist.
00:35I think I would have been happier. I'm not very happy now.
00:40I'm not very happy now.
00:45I'm not very happy now.
00:50I'm not very happy now.
00:55I'm not very happy now.
01:00I'm not very happy now.
01:05I'm not very happy now.
01:09They refused a scholarship of mine, and they didn't give me the opportunity to start as a black classical pianist.
01:16I was refused a scholarship because I was black.
01:20I'm not very happy now.
01:25I'm not very happy now.
01:30I'm not very happy now.
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02:52My name is Nina Simone.