www.newsone.com By Parker Riley Musician Nina Simone passed away in 2003 at 70 years old, but her legacy survives. A 2015 documentary on her life, What Happened, Miss Nina Simone?, received an Oscar nomination and her influence has touched everyone from Lauryn Hill to Mary J. Blige. Now the icon is receiving a huge honor. Her childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina will be designated a national treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Her home is now a dilapidated and vacant wooden cottage with three rooms and measuring 660-square feet. The house was put on the market in 2016 and was recently purchased by four Black artists to maintain Simone’s legacy. One, Adam Pendleton, said in a press release, “Last year, my fellow artists and I felt an urgent need to rescue Nina Simone’s childhood home—a need sprung from a place of political activism as well as civic duty.” He continued, “A … [Read more...] about Nina Simone To Be Honored By The National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Recognized as a National Treasure
By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO In honor of African American Music Appreciation Month, The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced June 19 that the childhood home of civil rights icon, musician and singer, Nina Simone, was named a National Treasure, the organization’s signature program. The non-profit partners with communities to ensure the long-term preservation of nationally significant historic places and the stories they keep, according to Brent Leggs, director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund of the National Trust. Simone’s three-room, 660-square foot childhood home is located in Tryon, North Carolina. Through their partnership with The Nina Simone Project and four African-American artists who recently purchased the property, the National Trust will use its nearly 70 years of expertise to develop and enact a new use for nationally significant property through its National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage … [Read more...] about Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Recognized as a National Treasure
Birthplace of singer, activist Nina Simone to be preserved
Updated 4:43 pm, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Rene Perez, Associated Press Image 1of/5 CaptionClose Image 1 of 5 FILE - In this June 27, 1985, file photo, Nina Simone performs at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. The dilapidated wooden cottage in North Carolina that was the birthplace of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone now has the protection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The trust said in a news release Tuesday, June 19, 2018, that it will develop and find a new use for the house in Tryon where Simone was born in 1933. less FILE - In this June 27, 1985, file photo, Nina Simone performs at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. The … [Read more...] about Birthplace of singer, activist Nina Simone to be preserved
Nina Simone’s spirit will live on at her NC birthplace, named a ‘National Treasure’
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Singer, activist Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tyron to be preserved
Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, & civil rights activist, Photo Date: December 1965 (Photo credit: Dutch National Archives / CC BY-SA 4.0) TRYON, N.C. (WLOS) — The dilapidated wooden cottage in North Carolina that was the birthplace of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone now has the protection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The trust said in a news release Tuesday that it will develop and find a new use for the house in Tryon where Simone was born in 1933. Last year, four African-American artists purchased the home. National Trust President and Chief Executive Officer Stephanie Meeks says the trust will work with the home's new owners and the community to honor Simone's contributions to society and to "inspire new generations of artists and activists." The three-room, 660-square-foot (60-square-meter) home went on the market in 2016. Simone's original name was Eunice Waymon. She died in 2003 at the age of … [Read more...] about Singer, activist Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tyron to be preserved