Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes

I applied for a scholarship to Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. I knew I was good enough, but they turned me down. And it took me about six months to realize it was because I was black. I never really got over that jolt of racism at the time.

Eunice Kathleen Waymon

• Black
• Racism
• Realize
• Scholarship

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• I applied for a scholarship to Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. I knew I was good enough, but they turned me down. And it took me about six months to realize it was because I was black. I never really got over that jolt of racism at the time.

  

  Eunice Kathleen Waymon
  • Black
  • Racism
  • Realize