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Nina Simone In Concert (Acoustic Sounds): Vinyl LP SOVRSAPRIL24SALE Donald Byrd’s ‘Black Byrd’ albumMississippi Goddam staked out Nina Simone's support of the Civil Rights movement when this album debuted in 1964, helping make it probably the most personal album that Simone issued during her stay on Philips during the decade. Here, the singer and pianist is backed by a spare quartet, and some of the songs rank among her most socially conscious declarations of African American pride: Old Jim Crow, Pirate Jenny, Go Limp, and, especially, Mississippi