yeah, sorry tall0262, but you are being totally unreasonable, you cannot condemn all whites to hell or see them as bad as a race. civil rights leaders like dr king and even malcolm x as well as people like nelson mandela strove to make comments like yours as irrelavent as the racist comments made by others. they would whole heartedly disagree with you, i'm sorry but its true
there are times when i am truely ashamed of my race. i look at history and wonder what ever gave white people the right to feel as if they were better then anyone else. to me the most beautiful peoples are the mixed races.
In all fairness, I dont blame all white people for this. I have white friends that I love dearly. But many times whites just dont get why blacks in general are very cautious about what whites think of them. In general, you want to trust but its hard somtimes. Why?Its hard to trust when someone is comfortable not seeing you as an equal. My professional experience with whites to this day is dissappinting because too many whites superioroty complexes run too deep. Hate imbeded in ones souls.
One Thing For Sure, GOD HAS NOT FORGOT! I am not a racist at all, I believe in love and forgiveness, but white people have a very evil history not just in the us but around the world. They think their Better than other humanbeings. They should be ashamed, and you better know this, this video does not even begin to tell the story of their trechory. Sad thing is people dont know just how often they damn their very souls. Their Hell experience is more retrobution than we could ever give! Just Sad!
Every race has an evil history. History as a whole is just a collection of evil acts, oppressed people, death and disease. If we were constantly ashamed of everything our ancestors had done then we would have no time to truly live and appreciate the small amounts of good we can find.
I'm white and, while of course I don't in anyway wish to demean the hideous tragedy in black history, the above comment is insulting and racist. Not all white people "think they're better". My countrymen (Irish)were considered savages, half animal, not too long ago. This is not a race issue. throughout history one group of people who have power over another always justify their position by dehumanising those below them. It could be a class, a creed or a colour that defined your worth.
I'm white, and of course I can never understand your experience of being discriminated against; however, it makes me sad to hear you say "they (white people) think they're better than other human beings". I'm white and I certainly do NOT think that. As far as I'm concerned, people are people and that's it. Racism is still a huge problem in our society and one way to fight it is to judge people by their actions as an individual, not by the actions of their ancestors or race.
it makes you realise just how hypocritical and disgusting people can be. America helped to bring down hitler and punish those involved in the holocaust and yet the soliders went home and did this! we're never going to get it right are we?
I had to study this for GCSE English. It's a beautiful song, but the subject it covers is very off-putting.
Also, it's disgusting how the crowds around the people who are being hanged look like they're having fun. I saw one picture and the WHOLE crowd was actually smiling, while someone was being hanged right in front of them.
This is a great, sad, and eye-opening song. It makes you stop and think about yourself and how you have been treating others who you THINK are beneath you. However, I would like to clear up that billie holiday sang this song first. not nina simone
first time ive seen the lyrics,i knew what it was about ,video explains 1000%,hard to think that people could do that because of skin colour,songs makes me ashamed to watch it.
I've been listening to this song for a while but I never heard it like now! It always seemed a sad song and the lyrics reflect a very strong feeling. This is an amazing song and Nina was a great singer. Thanks for the video, it really expresses the song.
is the picture that inspired Lewis Allan to write this song, so horrifying, the lyrics are so impacting and the pictures so horrifying, again and again, I cannot believe that we can actually do things like that, it is just so horrible, yet the signs are everywhere,
i heard this song in social studies class it was hard for me at first to understand what was it about the second time was harder just hearing now hearing it again i finaily understand what its about i thought it was terreible and i was sad and felt sorry for what happen then .bye the way great vidio it made understand what this song meant peace to you
I used the first photo in my American history college course. It is absolutely chilling to see the young boy smiling in the front under the African-American boy (this was taken in Texas and the 16-year-old victim was supposedly involved in a homocide--though these charges were often added after the fact and concocted to excuse mob violence). Note that not only were the whites in the picture not trying to hide their support or participation, they were proud of it, crowding in to be photographed
Questa canzone con il video l'ho ascoltata per la prima volta una settimana fa, sono rimasto bloccato senza potermi muovere per 10 minuti, Mio Dio ma di quali atrocità siamo capaci noi esseri umani e di quanta sensibilità e bravura nel caso di Nina Simone, Prego Dio che queste ingiustizie non si verifichino mai più.
Our professor played this exact video for a Political Science class during a huge lecture, and everyone was sniffling by the time the lights were turned back on.
OMG, I never knew what this song really ment, wow sooooooo saddddddddd. Just terrible what they did back then, why why why when we die our spirits are all the same, we leave our shells. There is no division of race. Makes you think that the earth (living) is the hell. peace to you and yours Great video
The sadest & most powerful song I heard and this perfect video with it makes the song's meaning heavier. (just a thing: Allen wrote this poem and Billie sung it, it was not a song before she did).
I remember the first time I heard this song (and I was fortunate enough to hear her sing it first) it sent chills up my spine and it hasn't stopped since - this is a powerful work of horriying art...
This song is so powerful and moving! I always love to hear it and it reminds me of where we were, and can always go back to. Truthfully, we are still there, it just shifts nationality and country! Destruction against humanity has gone on since humans inhabited this earth!
This song in darkness can send you to tears and the video added in makes its more deep. I reallt recomend visiting the Baltimore black Wax Musuem, where this song plays in the bottom floor. Very sad. I will do a video for this song very soon.
How can these damned souls do such a horrible atrocity? I have never seen such an act of cruelty, hatred, racism and injustice as horrible as this abomination. This song is powerful and convincing enough to open anyone's eyes.
That was my point exactly! Atrocities happen everywhere. Instead of being ashamed of belonging to the countries where they happen, we should ensure that they never happen again. I am glad to be an American, but I certainly don't condone many of the things that have been done in America's name.
This doesn't justify what happened in the U.S., just as what happened in the U.S. should not make us forget or overlook what happened in the rest of the world.
Thank you for this video, truely! As a black man that has spent time in France I love your country. I love your countrys attitude about race. It is very refreshing. All countries have their skelitons but to make our tomorrows better we must not forget our past and ensure that it is not repeated. Thanks again for a very tuching video about the truth. Just like this video is shameful so is anyone today that secretly harbors the thoughts and feelings of the people in this video. THERE STILL HERE!!!
in the throws of an epiphany back in the 80's, i saved about 50 vinyl lp's from the '60s (that i could not live without)--one of which was nina singing this song. powerful then, powerful now. nina and odetta, two of my favorites.
this video puts into view the torment and ridicule blacks in americas have physically endured prior to the mental divide which remains in flourishing existence today...what a shame America
yeah, sorry tall0262, but you are being totally unreasonable, you cannot condemn all whites to hell or see them as bad as a race. civil rights leaders like dr king and even malcolm x as well as people like nelson mandela strove to make comments like yours as irrelavent as the racist comments made by others. they would whole heartedly disagree with you, i'm sorry but its true
lamlyn 2 years ago 16
Humanity Sucks
44Daddy44 2 years ago 13
i think human race is a shit. Our whole history as human kind is a joke. So many mistakes.
sancwb 2 years ago 56
Sorry, that comment's meant for tall0362....
elclairo 3 years ago
there are times when i am truely ashamed of my race. i look at history and wonder what ever gave white people the right to feel as if they were better then anyone else. to me the most beautiful peoples are the mixed races.
silensvox 3 years ago 7
In all fairness, I dont blame all white people for this. I have white friends that I love dearly. But many times whites just dont get why blacks in general are very cautious about what whites think of them. In general, you want to trust but its hard somtimes. Why?Its hard to trust when someone is comfortable not seeing you as an equal. My professional experience with whites to this day is dissappinting because too many whites superioroty complexes run too deep. Hate imbeded in ones souls.
tall0362 3 years ago 4
One Thing For Sure, GOD HAS NOT FORGOT! I am not a racist at all, I believe in love and forgiveness, but white people have a very evil history not just in the us but around the world. They think their Better than other humanbeings. They should be ashamed, and you better know this, this video does not even begin to tell the story of their trechory. Sad thing is people dont know just how often they damn their very souls. Their Hell experience is more retrobution than we could ever give! Just Sad!
tall0362 3 years ago
Every race has an evil history. History as a whole is just a collection of evil acts, oppressed people, death and disease. If we were constantly ashamed of everything our ancestors had done then we would have no time to truly live and appreciate the small amounts of good we can find.
Darkasthenight06 3 years ago 11
No they don't
tummielvr 3 years ago
I'm white and, while of course I don't in anyway wish to demean the hideous tragedy in black history, the above comment is insulting and racist. Not all white people "think they're better". My countrymen (Irish)were considered savages, half animal, not too long ago. This is not a race issue. throughout history one group of people who have power over another always justify their position by dehumanising those below them. It could be a class, a creed or a colour that defined your worth.
elclairo 3 years ago 16
I'm white, and of course I can never understand your experience of being discriminated against; however, it makes me sad to hear you say "they (white people) think they're better than other human beings". I'm white and I certainly do NOT think that. As far as I'm concerned, people are people and that's it. Racism is still a huge problem in our society and one way to fight it is to judge people by their actions as an individual, not by the actions of their ancestors or race.
beardedartisan 2 years ago 90
America the beauitful!!
dperkins1911 3 years ago
i cried when i watched this. there's so much pain there.
LadiShi 3 years ago 6
woww brilliant
HEYDOP 3 years ago 2
1:34 oh my god, it's amzing how ugly the human race can be
Sweetlittlemystery 3 years ago 2
it makes you realise just how hypocritical and disgusting people can be. America helped to bring down hitler and punish those involved in the holocaust and yet the soliders went home and did this! we're never going to get it right are we?
Sweetlittlemystery 3 years ago
america was like this??!
video went really well with the song,
glad i found this vid
GamefreakTP 3 years ago
wow so sad....we did this in history
its a very meaningful poem
ehemGROOVE 3 years ago 2
poetry
darklyimagined 3 years ago
I had to study this for GCSE English. It's a beautiful song, but the subject it covers is very off-putting.
Also, it's disgusting how the crowds around the people who are being hanged look like they're having fun. I saw one picture and the WHOLE crowd was actually smiling, while someone was being hanged right in front of them.
I hate racism.
stuffandstuff789 3 years ago 4
This is a great, sad, and eye-opening song. It makes you stop and think about yourself and how you have been treating others who you THINK are beneath you. However, I would like to clear up that billie holiday sang this song first. not nina simone
mkb340892 3 years ago 3
first time ive seen the lyrics,i knew what it was about ,video explains 1000%,hard to think that people could do that because of skin colour,songs makes me ashamed to watch it.
monteith3 3 years ago 3
Arrepiante...
TheJustArauja 3 years ago
I've been listening to this song for a while but I never heard it like now! It always seemed a sad song and the lyrics reflect a very strong feeling. This is an amazing song and Nina was a great singer. Thanks for the video, it really expresses the song.
karatiz 3 years ago 2
no ofense but they look like dolls
shaynewardfan2k84eva 3 years ago
Err, no. Their real. It's disgusting.
Apparently, some photographer took photos of the lynchings and put them on postcards. Again, it's disgusting.
stuffandstuff789 3 years ago 2
so sad
philifaceman99 3 years ago
white people are fucking evil
tierra8605 3 years ago
We all are,if it is generally acceptable.
keppikerjalainen 3 years ago 5
2:36
is the picture that inspired Lewis Allan to write this song, so horrifying, the lyrics are so impacting and the pictures so horrifying, again and again, I cannot believe that we can actually do things like that, it is just so horrible, yet the signs are everywhere,
so tragic.
alberta1235 3 years ago 11
Simplement magnifique...
odeo11 3 years ago 3
i heard this song in social studies class it was hard for me at first to understand what was it about the second time was harder just hearing now hearing it again i finaily understand what its about i thought it was terreible and i was sad and felt sorry for what happen then .bye the way great vidio it made understand what this song meant peace to you
scared001 3 years ago 4
I think one of the scenes is the "Duluth (Minnesota) Lynching." This didn't just happen in the south, folks.
MNHistory1 3 years ago
I used the first photo in my American history college course. It is absolutely chilling to see the young boy smiling in the front under the African-American boy (this was taken in Texas and the 16-year-old victim was supposedly involved in a homocide--though these charges were often added after the fact and concocted to excuse mob violence). Note that not only were the whites in the picture not trying to hide their support or participation, they were proud of it, crowding in to be photographed
MNHistory1 3 years ago 28
It's interesting to note that you find smiling kids on most of these pictures...
lpjfrance 3 years ago 2
my goood ! Dammmn.. :'(
jonasfjeldberg 3 years ago
Questa canzone con il video l'ho ascoltata per la prima volta una settimana fa, sono rimasto bloccato senza potermi muovere per 10 minuti, Mio Dio ma di quali atrocità siamo capaci noi esseri umani e di quanta sensibilità e bravura nel caso di Nina Simone, Prego Dio che queste ingiustizie non si verifichino mai più.
panda68it 3 years ago
This country has a lot to answer for before our govt start shaking the stick at other countries!!
dperkins1911 3 years ago 7
Our professor played this exact video for a Political Science class during a huge lecture, and everyone was sniffling by the time the lights were turned back on.
TokyoBitchCrew 4 years ago 2
OMG, I never knew what this song really ment, wow sooooooo saddddddddd. Just terrible what they did back then, why why why when we die our spirits are all the same, we leave our shells. There is no division of race. Makes you think that the earth (living) is the hell. peace to you and yours Great video
peacejustme 4 years ago 3
great video, although a little hard to watch.
kulturkorv 4 years ago 2
stop racist
chilimikyta 4 years ago
this song makes me cry everytime i hear it
BlkButrfly88 4 years ago 2
very powerful
kvivian89 4 years ago 3
the realist song ever
lilmonkey38 4 years ago
The sadest & most powerful song I heard and this perfect video with it makes the song's meaning heavier. (just a thing: Allen wrote this poem and Billie sung it, it was not a song before she did).
Koyatrap 4 years ago 19
Thanks for the info. ;0
lpjfrance 4 years ago
Perfect lyrics
Perfect music
Perfect piano
Perfect voice
This is the most perfect song
Siouxboy1 4 years ago
i am impressed that somebody out there knows who really wrote these lyrics.....
dwdanni 4 years ago
I remember the first time I heard this song (and I was fortunate enough to hear her sing it first) it sent chills up my spine and it hasn't stopped since - this is a powerful work of horriying art...
rassledassle82 4 years ago 2
horripilation
joetjoeb123 4 years ago
This song is so powerful and moving! I always love to hear it and it reminds me of where we were, and can always go back to. Truthfully, we are still there, it just shifts nationality and country! Destruction against humanity has gone on since humans inhabited this earth!
XaraBear 4 years ago 2
We civilized... we humanists...we creators of 2 world wars....& the reason may be that we are led by the least among us!!
SirosDude21 4 years ago
Gripping , touching and haunting..I get chills listening to that...Just sad.... that part of history is not far behind us.
cocoadreamz 4 years ago 2
speachless.......
ciggyrockedyrsox 4 years ago
I haven't cried in a long time. This is too powerful.
Nina Simone has one of those voices that can rip you open from the inside.
WizzieBob 4 years ago
This song in darkness can send you to tears and the video added in makes its more deep. I reallt recomend visiting the Baltimore black Wax Musuem, where this song plays in the bottom floor. Very sad. I will do a video for this song very soon.
MoKing89 4 years ago 3
but lewis allen was his pseudonym :)
missmanatee 4 years ago 3
the song was actually written by Abel Meeropol...
missmanatee 4 years ago 13
Thanks for the info.
lpjfrance 4 years ago
How can these damned souls do such a horrible atrocity? I have never seen such an act of cruelty, hatred, racism and injustice as horrible as this abomination. This song is powerful and convincing enough to open anyone's eyes.
Disneyfan82 4 years ago 3
very, very sad....
mjv50 4 years ago
i feel more human after this mind and soul touching piece of art.
This dynamic csn put even the bigger racist in deep thoughts.
Thank you for uploading lpjfrance.
ilikou 4 years ago
It's her version that affects me the most.
CamilleNadia 4 years ago 2
Her voice makes the song that much more chilling, like on Sinnerman
J11434 4 years ago
That was my point exactly! Atrocities happen everywhere. Instead of being ashamed of belonging to the countries where they happen, we should ensure that they never happen again. I am glad to be an American, but I certainly don't condone many of the things that have been done in America's name.
zipsquarebear 4 years ago 4
QED ;0)
lpjfrance 4 years ago
Study history! Lynchings also happened all over Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, etc. Hope you aren't from any of those places!
zipsquarebear 4 years ago
This doesn't justify what happened in the U.S., just as what happened in the U.S. should not make us forget or overlook what happened in the rest of the world.
lpjfrance 4 years ago
Thank you for this video, truely! As a black man that has spent time in France I love your country. I love your countrys attitude about race. It is very refreshing. All countries have their skelitons but to make our tomorrows better we must not forget our past and ensure that it is not repeated. Thanks again for a very tuching video about the truth. Just like this video is shameful so is anyone today that secretly harbors the thoughts and feelings of the people in this video. THERE STILL HERE!!!
tall0362 3 years ago 7
this songs always gives me chills...these images were horrible..I can't beleieve som americans did this and got away with it...glad i'm not american
hserhser 4 years ago
Powerful.Amazing.Stunning!
u2boyu2 4 years ago
in the throws of an epiphany back in the 80's, i saved about 50 vinyl lp's from the '60s (that i could not live without)--one of which was nina singing this song. powerful then, powerful now. nina and odetta, two of my favorites.
chibinski 4 years ago
every time i hear this it just penetrates right through me! within the first 5 seconds.
bblessed2007 is right, this version is way better the original
swisha300 4 years ago
Were are a detestable species!
lachness11 4 years ago 2
I love this song. It's the only song I've ever heard that has made me cry.
Mac5t 4 years ago 2
Whoa!!! I love Billie Holidays version, but, i like ninas version better!!! Makes you feel some'n
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bblessed2007 4 years ago 2
...As disturbing as these images may be..This is a great song.
Ravenside666 4 years ago
holy shit, there's no arguing with nina simone right now, that was amazing
fmk3141 4 years ago
this video puts into view the torment and ridicule blacks in americas have physically endured prior to the mental divide which remains in flourishing existence today...what a shame America
Bkshighlyfe 4 years ago
holy shit!! i can't watch that! now i can't sleep
eyeluv2dance 4 years ago
I like Nina Simone's version more. She hits those eerie notes and really puts you in that place.
Molitov15 4 years ago 2
no words..silence..rage..see the same song by Billie Holiday..bravo..
nantiabret 4 years ago 2