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I will present a song entitled BACKLASH BLUES, a piece sung by the famous African-American singer Nina Simone.
Nina Simone is a famous jazz singer and soul of the 50s, 60, known by its successful track feeling good. Nina Simone started music at a very young age. After a Black family, she is a victim of racism and segregation in the United States.
In 1964, Nina Simone will then look at the policy and will defend civil rights, it will in 1965 participated in a march to Selma: three marches that marked the civil rights struggle in the United States.
Through some of his songs, it addresses the racial inequality that is prevalent at this time. The song Backlash Blues, released in 1966 is one of the songs Nina Simone was elevated to the Civil Rights anthem. The lyrics were written by a famous poet Langston hughes. In this song she addresses a M.Backlash. We understand that it is addressed to the American gourvenement, mentions that the government considers black people as inferior, while black also pay the taxes, even defend the country going to war in Vietnam.
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Let me introduce a song entitled BACKLASH BLUES and this song was actually sung by the famous Africa-American singer, Nina Simone. Nina Simone is a famous jazz and soul singer of the fifties and sixties and she is known for her successful song “Feeling Good”. Nina Simone’s interest in music started at an early age. Born into a black family, she had been a victim of racism and segregation in the United States.
In 1964, Nina Simone became involved in politics and would defend civil rights. Namely in 1965 she participated in 1965 in the historic Selma-to-Montgomery March in Alabama: Three protest marches that marked civil rights battles in the USA.
Through some of her songs, she addressed racial inequality that was widespread at the time. The Backlash Blues that came out in 1966, is one of the songs that Nina Simone declared as civil rights’ hymn. The lyrics were written by the famous poet, Langston Hughes. In this song, she intends for a so-called Mr Backlash. It is understood that she is addressing a message to the American Government. She refers to the fact that the Government perceived the black population as being lower, while Black people settle as well taxes, and they even defend their country when they go to the Vietnam War.