To the late songstress and civil rights activist Nina Simone, the role of an artist was quite clear: “An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times,” she once told an interviewer.
Although filmed decades ago, Simone’s words feel especially prescient in 2020 as the country grapples with its history of racism. Videos of police brutality against Black people hit the internet almost weekly. White teenagers are allowed to walk right past police officers with assault rifles.
Black people can are being killed for counterfeit bills, jogging and sometimes in their own homes.
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