premature death from pancreatic cancer in 1965 before she died hansberry had become friends with nina simone a neighbor of hers in mount vernon, new york a suburb of new york city and indeed she inspired simone to activism. born in 1933 to a poor family and try on north carolina nina. simone's talents is a singer and pianist were soon apparent. she was a prodigy and her hometown friends helped get her to juilliard as a child later in 1951. she auditioned at the curtis institute in philadelphia, but was rejected. she was sure because of her race, but apparently only three of the 72 applicants were taken that year as we have mentioned she then turned to singing in nightclubs in atlantic city and eventually found success with i loves you porgy. which billie holiday had made famous. she was conflicted about this still seeing herself as a classical musician and not a jazz performer, but it became a top 20 hit. settling down with her husband and becoming a mother and meeting hands very too simone was horrified by the 16th street baptist church bombing of september 1963 in birmingham, alabama, whic

before she died, hansberry had become friends with nina simone, and indeed she inspired simone to activism33 to a poor family in tryon, north carolina, simone's talents as a singer and pianist were soon apparent. she was a prodigy. in 1951, she auditioned at the curtis institute in philadelphia but was rejected, she was sure because of her race, but apparently only three of the 72 applicants were taken that year. she then turned to singing in nightclubs in atlantic city and eventually found success with "i loves you porgy." it became a top 20 hit. settling down with her husband and meeting hansberry, simone was horrified by the baptist church bombing in 1963 in birmingham, alabama which resulted in the deaths of four girls at choir practice followed soon after by the murder of civil rights activist medgar evers in jackson, mississippi, all of which prompted simone to write her important call to action, a song about mississippi and alabama and the rest of the south, mississippi goddamn, which picked up on some of martin luther king's themes in his 1963 letter from birmingham jail. this is a

, nina simone stepping into her activism shoes in real time. just watching the people. that's the thing. when i say we were robbed of that, not just as black people but the world to see, you know, oh, families just like mine. happiness, just like-- and that's sort of the-- that's sort of the-- the missing fiber element in telling our stories from the civil rights period that people don't know. >> trevor: right, right. you look at america's story over and over, it's such a giant country you know where if people don't have an interaction with people on the ground. you don't know a black person. you don't meet a hispanic person. you don't know-- you get what i'm saying? >> right. just knowing someone at your job, doesn't make you-- >> maybe you don't even. that's what i loved about this documentary. i think to what you're saying it showed a joy, it showed a normality, it showed a-- >> there's just a human element that i-- i didn't even know i was looking for. like, because i didn't know that this was going to invoke some sort of emotion out of mar

like, you see the way the audience is watching nina simone during this performance.d perceptions. because not many people count black joy as an actual, important component in our story. so, that's -- >> amen. and listen -- the thing is, this is during the same -- this is the same year they were creating "sesame street" for that very reason, of saying, kids need this positive affirmation through education, through music, through song. it's the same era. i've got to talk -- you mentioned kids. you're doing a children -- a cartoon series. you're doing something for disney jr., an animated series. tell us what that is. >> oh, rise up, sing out. i think that we kind of got bitten by the bug when we did that juneteenth blackish episode, it was like, you know, a little schoolhouse rock interstitial things. this is sort of that, but for something that i would have needed as a kid. like, what happens when you get called out of your name? what happens when someone pulls your hair. what happens ---ion, there's a lot of questions that kids of color have that were deemed controve

telling the deliberate lie, there is no evil, they will not do >> the actor also posting this clip of nina simoneunderstood", in an earlier statement, baldwin's attorney says any claim that aleck was reckless is entirely false the santa fe county d.a.'s office says it's still investigating the shooting, and has not decided whether to file criminal charges the fbi is doing ballistic tests and analyzing the revolver used in the shooting. the d.a. writing, while my office has reviewed weapons with similar actions and varying conditions, it is premature to guess or speculate about the functionality of the particular firearm mr. baldwin discharged >> and miguel, hutchins' lawsuit is one of several civil suits that alec baldwin is facing now. >> that's right, savannah. there's at least two other lawsuits accusing the production as well as alec baldwin and other producers on the set of "rust" of cutting corners and failing to maintain industry safety standards, which they deny as for the separate criminal investigation, that may not be over for weeks or even months. the santa fe d.a. recently said she w

300,000 people attended the harlem cultural festival to see iconic musicians like stevie wonder, nina simonew about his must see film and first oscar nod. congratulations, i'm so thrilled for you, this oscar nomination, you worked hard and definitely deserve it. >> i cannot believe i'm here, i finally made it. >> finally. >> the most exciting moment on saturday television since soul train with black america, this is amazing. >> i love that. i take that as high marks my friend, this documentary is about the long overlooked harlem cultural festival of 1969, and i think the great thing about the movie is it's part music film, historical record, celebrates culture and fashion. i've never heard of the black woodstock, sorry to say. how did you find out about this? >> you're not alone, even when it was presented to me, when they put the footage in my hand, i still made excuses for it, maybe the audio is messed up, maybe the visuals are messed up, but yeah, when they presented it to me, i called many a new york icon and music, like, have you heard of this black wood stock with sly stone and stevie

nina, thank you so much. _ so there's widespread travel disruption this morning. simon railways. if you are in - england and wales then do not try to travel by train. in wales, and i think it's the first time any uk nation has said all trains cancelled all day. we were expecting trains from here at london paddington, the hub for south wales, the west of england, to run as far as bristol but so far this morning i have been here for over an hour, mass of cancellations. we weren't expecting them yet but that will be the picture across the country. there will be problems in east anglia later, london underground is facing problems in the outer reaches of the piccadilly line and if you absolutely have to make a journey then expected to take two or three orfour then expected to take two or three or four times longer than usual because there will be a 50 mph speed limit on trains and this is on lines that normally run at 125 mph per like 15 miles per hour. expect your journey will be disrupted. if your journey will be disrupted. if your journey is now rendered pointless you can