To Be Young, Gifted and Black

"To Be Young, Gifted and Black" is a song about being proud of your skin color and who you are. The song once reached the Top Ten on the R&B charts, and has spawned off different versions by Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Jamaican duo Bob and Marcia, and Elton John.
Nina Simone, who co-wrote the song, appeared on Sesame Street in 1970see Forum:Sesame article, March 1970 - w/ Nina Simone. lip-syncing to her recording from the album Black Gold released the same year. The sequence was shot on the steps of 123 Sesame Street with a group of children (including Brynne), as well as her daughter Lisa Simone Kelly (known at the time as Lisa Celeste Stroud).personal communication between User:Scarecroe and lisasimonemusic.com management
==Notes==
*The song takes its title from a 1968 play based on the autobiographical writings of Lorraine Hansberry (author of A Raisin in the Sun.)
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