In a book about her life, Nina Simone wrote that everything that happened to her as a child involved music.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

In fact, the publication Science Watch listed her as the 49th most-cited researcher in the world during that 20-year period.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

In fact, the publication Science Watch listed her as the forty-ninth most-cited researcher in the world during that twenty-year period.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

A woman who graduated from a women's college in nineteen fifty-three remembers hearing her as a graduation speaker.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

She became well-known after Republican presidential candidate John McCain chose her as his vice presidential running mate.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

The group which works to prevent conflicts remembers her as someone who always spoke for the victims.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

That stayed with her as she grew. There was another experience that stayed with her,too.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

It was as clear to her as if he shouted it from where he stood.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Some younger members of the movement denounced her as too conservative.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

She says the earthquake has been personal for her as well.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

He remembered her as "the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement."

VOA: special.2010.04.24

Paul followed her as she walked to the hotel.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Others see her as the first modern American poet.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

The Caribbean people accepted her as one of them.

VOA: special.2009.02.22