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An art auction and New York gala have raised nearly $6 million to preserve and restore the childhood home of soul music legend and civil rights activist Nina Simone, organizers said Tuesday.
Venus Williams says working with the Nina Simone Childhood Home Project is a 'dream come true' and just the start of her making an impact through the arts.
$6 mn raised to preserve Nina Simone's childhood home
Nina Simone spent the first years of her life in the three-room house in Tryon, in the rural southeastern state of North Carolina
An art auction and New York gala have raised nearly $6 million to preserve and restore the childhood home of soul music legend and civil rights activist Nina Simone, organizers said Tuesday. The twin events brought in some $5.88 million — far more than the original $2 million organizers hoped to raise to restore the…