For Alexander Simone, legacy is walking down the road created by two iconic Black women while paving his own. As the grandson ...

One at a time, the women interrupt Nina Simone (Alexis J. Roston) as she tries to write words to a new song: Meek, faith-filled Aunt Sarah (Gabrielle Lott-Rogers), wearing a maid's uniform.

Nina Simone's daughter is a jazz singer just like her late mother Nina Simone was not only a cultural icon, jazz singer and civil rights activist, she was also a mother to her daughter Lisa Simone.

Akili Ni Mali recently starred in Indiana Repertory Theatre's "Nina Simone: Four Women." She's also been on "Chicago P.D." and "Chicago Fire." ...

In 1983, Nina Simone reached a dead end. “Nothing is happening,” the iconic soul singer said at the time. “There’s no Civil Rights Movement. Everybody’s gone.” She no longer saw the ...