5.4.09

Why?

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead on
the 4th of April 1968, in Memphis, Tennesee.
So Nina Simone was dedicating
to the memory of him in the song
"Why? (the king of love is dead)".

Her brother gave an interview on npr a few days later.
You can still listen to it.

c.pom

2 comments:

  1. I like your drawings. Is it echting? looks like charcoal?

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  2. In fact it's a monotype (Claudia told me).

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