| International Standard Book Number |
9781469696195 electronic publication
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781469698229 electronic book
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781469698243 electronic book
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781469698212 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
1469698218 hardcover
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| Personal Name |
Miller, W. Jason, author.
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| Title Statement |
Don't let me be misunderstood : Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, & the birth of Black Power / W. Jason Miller.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
242 pages : black and white illustrations, music ; 25 cm.
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| Series Statement |
American music: new roots
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-234) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
The poet laureate of Harlem -- The prodigy -- Riot at the Newport Jazz Festival -- Ask your mama -- Spotlight on Nina Simone -- Honeymoon sponsored by the CIA -- Carnegie Hall -- I put a spell on you -- The high priestess of soul -- No hidin' place -- From a whisper to a shout -- The White backlash -- Crisis -- Where it's at.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"On March 24, 1965, Nina Simone performed at a rally for twenty-five thousand people on the last night of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march. Though luminaries like Martin Luther King Jr., Mahalia Jackson, and Dick Gregory were in attendance, it was Langston Hughes, celebrated poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance, who was the singer's closest confidant and supporter. They had one of the most important -- yet unheralded -- friendships of the Black Power era. Simone's performance on that Montgomery night catapulted her into a lead role in the civil rights movement, with Hughes as her guide. In Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood , W. Jason Miller offers a riveting history of how their relationship helped spark the birth of Black Power-indeed, the phrase itself, made famous by Stokely Carmichael, was a quote from collaborative lyrics by the two. Hughes gave Simone the fuel to be one of the most politically charged artists of the era, while Simone offered Hughes a way to carry his influence into pop music and shape a national movement. Drawing on new firsthand accounts, Miller takes readers inside one of the most powerful friendships in music and civil rights history"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Simone, Nina, 1933-2003.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Black power History 20th century. United States
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Political activists United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African Americans Political activity History 20th century.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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