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Venus Williams and artists are helping to restore Nina Simone's childhood home

Venus Williams is helping to save the childhood home of music icon and civil rights activist Nina Simone. The tennis champion, who is also an entrepreneur and arts patron, has been working with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to restore and preserve the Nina Simone Childhood Home. Williams teamed up with artist Adam Pendleton ...
Singer Nina Simone in concert at the Olympia music hall in Paris on Oct. 22, 1991.

Venus Williams is helping to save the childhood home of music icon and civil rights activist Nina Simone.

The tennis champion, who is also an entrepreneur and arts patron, has been working with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund

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