 Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Muna 1964, Simone akachinja vanoparadzira marekodhi kubva kuColpix, kambani yokuAmerica, kuenda kuDutch Philips Records, uko kwakareva chinjo mumashoko orekodhi dzake. Akanga agara achisanganisira nziyo mu repertoire yake iyo yakatora pane nhaka yake yeAfrica-America, yakadai sa Brown Baby naOscar Brown uye Zungo naMichael Olatunji pane yake album Nina paGedhi reMusha muna 1962. Paalbum yake yekutanga yePhilips, Nina Simone muConcert 1964, kekutanga akataura nezvekusaenzana kwemarudzi muUnited States murwiyo Mississippi Goddam. Iyi ndiyo yakanga iri mhinduro yake kuurawa kwaMedgar Evers kwaJune 12, 1963, uye kubhombwa kweChechi yeBaptist yepa16th Street kwaSeptember 15, 1963muBirmingham, Alabama, iyo yakauraya vasikana vaduku vana vatema ndokupofumadza rutivi rwechishanu. Akataura kuti rwiyo rwacho rwakanga rwakafanana nokudzorera pfuti gumi kwavari, kuva imwe yenziyo dzakawanda dzokurwisana dzakanyorwa naSimone. Rwiyo rwacho rwakabudiswa sechinhu chimwe chete, uye rwakarambidzwa mune dzimwe nyika dzokumaodzanyemba. Makopi okushambadzira akaparadzwa nenhepfenyuro yeredhiyo yeCarolina ndokudzorerwa kuPhilips. Gare gare akayeuka kuti Mississippi Goddam yakanga iri rwiyo rwake rwokutanga rworusununguko rwemagariro evanhu uye kuti rwiyo rwacho rwakasvika kwaari mukutsamwa kwehasha, ruvengo uye kutsunga. Rwiyo rwacho rwakadenha kudavira kuti ukama hwamarudzi hwaigona kuchinja zvishoma nezvishoma uye rwakadaidzira kuti zviitike nokukurumidza zvikuru: ini navanhu vangu tava kuda kuzvarwa. Yakanga iri nguva inokosha munzira yake yokuva muratidziri wokurwira kodzero dzevanhu. Old Jim Crow, iri paalbum imwe cheteyo, yakataura nezvemitemo yaJim Crow. Pashure peMississippi Goddam, shoko rorusununguko rwomunhu rakanga riri tsika mumarekodhi aSimone uye rakava rutivi rwemakonzati ake. Sezvo kushingaira kwake mune zvematongerwe enyika kwakawedzera, mwero wekuburitswa kwemimhanzi yake wakadzikira. 