Home American singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone (1933-2003) posed in Hyde Park, London in June 1968. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) American singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone (1933-2003) posed in Hyde Park, London in June 1968. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)

American singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone (1933-2003) posed in Hyde Park, London in June 1968. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)

American singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone (1933-2003) posed in Hyde Park, London in June 1968. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)

Portrait of the singer Nina Simone, October 1969. (Photo by Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)