Nina Simone : the biography / by Brun-Lambert, David

Table of Contents: “…The first notes of the melody -- From renunciation to revelation -- Something inside her comes alight -- 'I know what the world has done to my brother' -- 'Hell is right beside me' -- There's no way out of our troubles -- The company of ghosts -- Adrift -- 'One morning I took a look at civilization' -- Some where between the black keys and the white I found my balance -- 'So while you're imitating Al Capone I'll be Nina Simone' -- 'After that it's all just pain'.…”

Princess Noire : the tumultuous reign of Nina Simone / by Cohodas, Nadine

Table of Contents: “…: September 1947-May 1950 -- Prelude to a fugue : June 1950-May 1954 -- The arrival of Nina Simone : June 1954-June 1956 -- Little girl blue : July 1956-December 1958 -- A fast rising star : 1959 -- Simone-ized : 1960 -- You can't let them humiliate you : January 1961-December 13, 1961 -- Respect : December 14, 1961-December 1962 -- Mississippi goddam : 1963 -- Don't let me be misunderstood : 1964 -- My skin is black : 1965 -- Images : 1966 -- My only groove is moods : 1967 -- Black gold : 1968 -- To be young, gifted and black : 1969 -- I have become more militant : 1970 -- Definite vibrations of pride : 1971 -- This ain't no Geraldine up here : 1972 -- Where my soul has gone : 1973-1976 -- I am not of this planet : 1977-1978 -- Loving me is not enough : 1979-1981 -- Fodder on her wings : 1982-1988 -- Nina's back-- again : 1989-1992 -- A single woman : 1993-1999 -- The final curtain : 2000-2003.…”

Nina : a story of Nina Simone / by Todd, Traci N.

“…Story of Nina Simone…”

I put a spell on you : the autobiography of Nina Simone / by Simone, Nina, 1933-2003

Step it up and go : the story of North Carolina popular music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk / by Menconi, David

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : March 1991 -- Linthead pop : Charlie Poole, the father of mill-town rock (and the first rock star) -- Step it up and go : Blind Boy Fuller, Durham, and the Piedmont blues -- Through the airwaves : Arthur Smith in Charlotte -- Rocket man : Earl Scruggs and the birth of bluegrass -- From gospel to rhythm and blues : the "5" Royales and the rise of a new African American sound -- The American folk revival comes to North Carolina : Doc Watson -- Breaking color lines at the beach : the Embers and beach music -- The eight-track era of rock and roll : Nantucket's long way to the top -- Combo corner : Mitch Easter's Winston-Salem -- Chapel Hill : the "next Seattle" era -- How to make it in the music business without really trying : Colonial, Sugar Hill, and Merge Records -- Y'alternative : the rise of Americana -- Salvation songs : the Avett Brothers -- Songs of immigrants and emigrants : from Nina Simone to the Kruger Brothers -- Hip-hop goes to college : 9th Wonder and Little Brother -- Famous on television : Scotty McCreery, Clay Aiken, Fantasia Barrino, and American idol -- Epilogue : September 2013.…”

Icons of Black music / by Greig, Charlotte, 1954-

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Angels of the night : popular female singers of our time / by Mellers, Wilfrid Howard, 1914-

Table of Contents: “…From tent show to cabaret: the word and the horn: Ruth Etting, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McCrae, Pearl Bailey, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter -- Soul, Motown, and the fusion of sacred and profane: Odetta, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, The Loving Sisters, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Pointer Sisters, Esther Phillips, Roberta Flack, Randy Crawford, Donna Summer, Deniece Williams, Angela Bofill -- II. …”

The poetry of soul. by Nicholas, A. X., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…(The King of love is dead) / Bobby Taylor -- Mississippi goddam / Nina Simone -- Blacklash blues / Langston Hughes ; Nina Simone -- Old Jim Crow / Nina Simone; Jackie Alper ; Ron Vander Groeb -- A change is gonna come / Sam Cooke -- Message from a black man / Norma J. …”

Great spirits : portraits of life-changing world music artists / by Grass, Randall

Table of Contents: “…Nina Simone : the high priestess of soul -- Sun Ra : composer from Saturn -- Fela Anikulapo-Kuti : the Afrobeat rebel -- Bob Marley : the reggae shaman -- Augustus Pablo : composer of dreams -- The Neville Brothers : first family of groove -- Yabby You : the Jesus dread -- Nadia Gamal : the oriental dance diva.…”

I got thunder : black women songwriters on their craft / by Barnett, LaShonda K., 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Abbey Lincoln -- Angélique Kidjo -- Brenda Russell -- Chaka Khan -- Dianne Reeves -- Dionne Warwick -- Joan Armatrading -- Miriam Makeba -- Narissa Bond -- Nina Simone -- Nona Hendryx -- Odetta -- Oleta Adams -- Pamela Means -- Patti Cathcart Andress -- Shemekia Copeland -- Shirley Caesar -- Tokunbo Akinro -- Toshi Reagon -- Tramaine Hawkins.…”

Black aesthetics and the interior life / by Freeburg, Christopher

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Black aesthetics and the personal -- The violence inside -- The beast within the city -- Blues no more -- Interlude: The Afro samurai's symptom -- Past the Chokecherry tree -- Epilogue: Nina Simone's script.…”

After the party : a manifesto for queer of color life / by Chambers-Letson, Joshua Takano

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: I wish I knew how it would feel to be free -- Nina Simone and the work of minoritarian performance -- Searching for Danh Vo's mother -- The Marxism of Felix Gonzalez-Torres -- Eiko's Entanglements -- Tseng Kwong Chi and the party's end -- Epilogue: 6E.…”

Black performance on the outskirts of the left : a history of the impossible / by Gaines, Malik

Table of Contents: “…Nina Simone's quadruple consciousness -- Efua Sutherland, Ama Ata Aidoo, the state, and the stage -- The radical ambivalence of Günther Kaufmann -- The Cockettes, Sylvester, and performance as life -- Afterword : a history of impossible progress.…”

American rhapsody : writers, musicians, movie stars, and one great building / by Pierpont, Claudia Roth

Table of Contents: “…Scott Fitzgerald -- Behind the Mask: Bert Williams and Stepin Fetchit -- Jazzbo: George Gershwin -- The Silver Spire: The Chrysler Building -- Tough Guy: Dashiell Hammett -- The Collector: Peggy Guggenheim -- Born For The Part: Katharine Hepburn -- The Player Kings: Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier -- Method Man: Marlon Brando -- Another Country: James Baldwin -- A Raised Voice: Nina Simone.…”

Kick out the jams : jibes, barbs, tributes, and rallying cries from 35 years of music writing / by Marsh, Dave

How it feels to be free : black women entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement / by Feldstein, Ruth, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Performing civil rights -- "The world was on fire": making New York City subcultures -- "Africa's musical ambassador": Miriam Makeba and the "voice of Africa" in the United States -- "More than just a jazz performer": Nina Simone's border crossings -- "No one asks me what I want": Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, and the promise of integration in popular culture -- "So beautiful in those rags": Cicely Tyson, popular culture, and African American history in the 1970s.…”

Dream big, little one / by Harrison, Vashti

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Mae Jemison -- Bessie Coleman -- Katherine Johnson -- Josephine Baker -- Shirley Chisholm -- Maya Angelou -- Wilma Rudolph -- Raven Wilkinson -- Florence Joyner -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Nina Simone -- Oprah Winfrey -- Gwen Ifill -- Nichelle Nichols -- Alma Woodsey Thomas -- Augusta Savage -- Octavia E. …”

White Negroes : when cornrows were in vogue ... and other thoughts on cultural appropriation / by Jackson, Lauren Michele, 1991-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Appropriation and American mythmaking -- The pop star : swinging and singing -- The cover girl : blackness, groundbreaking -- The artist : a dead boy made art -- The hipster : the new white Negro -- The meme : Kermit the Frog meets Nina Simone -- The viral star : opposite from stardom -- The chef : America's whiteface mammy -- The entrepreneur : a bit free -- The activist : the time for anger -- Conclusion: Business as usual.…”

Black performance theory /

Table of Contents: “…Scott -- Hi-fidelity black: "Rip it up" : excess and ecstasy in Little Richard's sound / Tavia Nyong'o ; Don't stop 'til you get enough : presence, spectacle, and good feeling in Michael Jackson's This is it / Jason King ; Afro-sonic feminist praxis : Nina Simone and Adrienne Kennedy in high fidelity / Daphne A. …”

Poor gal : the cultural history of Little Liza Jane / by Gutstein, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Johnson : "Oh, goodbye Liza Jane" -- From the New Orleans levee to the Hampton Institute : "Little Liza Jane" ad infinitum -- Intermission number two : the literary "Liza Jane" of Charles Chesnutt, Jean Toomer, and Margaret Walker -- You went a-driving with Mister Brown : the Tin Pan Alley publishing bonanza -- Poor gal -- I'se got a gal and you got none : a countess-composer and an actress-aviatrix popularize "Li'l Liza Jane" -- Intermission number three : Effie Lee Newsome's "Charcoal, Leddy, charcoal" and Betty Vincent's "Problems of the heart" -- "Liza Jane" meets the media : film, animation, radio, television -- The Lomaxes -- The constellation that connects Langston Hughes and David Bowie, Antonín Dvořák and Nina Simone -- Portrait of a young enslaved woman standing still in the cathedral silence of the deep woods after a dance -- Appendix 1. …”