How can you be an artist and not reflect the times? That to me is the definition of an artist.
— Nina Simone Modern

Musician, civil rights activist

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Context

Interview, 'Black Artists in the Sixties'

Date / Period

1969

Category

Controversial

Source

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK3M6i90e78

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Found in 1 providers: grok

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