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Which singer wrote and recorded the 1964 protest song 'Mississippi Goddam' in response to the assassination of Medgar Evers and a church bombing that killed four Black girls?
Answer
Nina Simone
Nina Simone wrote 'Mississippi Goddam' after the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers and the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed four young girls.
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Nina Simone's "Mississippi Goddam" was banned by Southern radio stations so thoroughly that she couldn't chart it, despite its massive underground impact.
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