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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

An Open Letter about the upcoming Nina Simone "blackface" biopic


http://www.ninasimone.com/2012/10/an-open-letter-to-anyone-who-cares-about-nina-simone/
Posted by Djata Bumpus at 6:26 AM

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