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Nina Simone/ Eunice Waymon

You might think think this page is about Nina Simone, but you are wrong. This page is about Eunice Waymon. Well, they are tecnectly the same living breathing human being. . . ahhh, what the heck, they are the same person! Eunice was born February 21 in 1933. She was born in Tryon North Carolina. She was the sixth of seven children. Imagine having 5 older syblings and 1 younger annoying one. That would be a nightmare. But Nina some how Nina made it. Ninas first job was at an Irish bar in Atlanta City. She was not expecting to sing but her boss told her that she had to in order to still work. So she sang at that Irish bar. Everyone enjoyed her singing so then her singing career started. She went from singing at a bar, then a night club, then the world! Nina composed over 500 songs and recorded almost 60 albums. While singing, she was also fighting for her and her peoples rights. The Black Power Movement was another activity she did besides singing. Eunice married