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Mar 1, 2021 · How Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ Confronted an Ugly Era of Lynchings. During a time when violence against Black Americans was common, Holiday's haunting rendition of the...
Aug 25, 2020 · Black History. The Tragic Story Behind Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" To great controversy, Lady Day introduced the world to the racially charged protest song "Strange Fruit."...
Feb 27, 2021 · Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit': Why it's so controversial, cathartic. MUSIC. Billie Holiday. Add Topic. 'Strange Fruit': The history behind Billie Holiday's...
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Oct 6, 2021 · Most famously recorded by jazz icon Billie Holiday in 1939, "Strange Fruit" is a song of rage and sadness spurred by the lack of humanity afforded to Black people in America. Although it’s...
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Feb 27, 2021 · “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” indicts the institutional racism that caused that downfall and does so through the story of a brilliant American artist whose “Strange Fruit,” about a...
Apr 17, 2019 · By Aida Amoako,Features correspondent. Alamy. Billie Holiday recorded her iconic version of Strange Fruit on 20 April 1939. Eighty years on – in the first of our Songs that Made History...
Apr 12, 2021 · April 12, 2021 | Liz Fields. The mesmerizing performance from Academy Award-nominated actress and singer Andra Day in “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday” has revived interest in the...
