published : 24 May 2023 at 08:45
NEW YORK: An art auction and New York gala have raised nearly US$6 million to preserve and restore the childhood home of soul music legend and civil rights activist Nina Simone, organisers said Tuesday.
The twin events brought in some $5.88 million — far more than the original $2 million organisers hoped to raise to restore the rural North Carolina abode.
“The new funding will meaningfully advance our project goals to complete the full restoration of the…