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Feb 28, 2021 · 'Strange Fruit' is a song based on a poem by Abel Meeropol, inspired by a photo of two Black men lynched in Indiana. Billie Holiday sang it as her "personal protest" against racism and injustice in America.
Strange Fruit. " Strange Fruit " is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937.
Aug 25, 2020 · "Strange Fruit" was declared 'song of the century' Despite her tragic demise, Holiday has a lasting legacy in the world of jazz and pop music. She garnered 23 Grammys posthumously and was recently ...
Apr 17, 2019 · On 20 April 1939, the jazz singer Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan in 1915) stepped into a studio with an eight-piece band to record Strange Fruit. This jarring song about the horrors of ...
Apr 12, 2021 · 'Strange Fruit' is a song based on a poem by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish American teacher and Communist, that depicts the horror of lynching in the South. Billie Holiday popularized the song in the 1930s, but faced fierce opposition and persecution from the US government for singing it.
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Feb 27, 2021 · Strange Fruit is a song that uses a metaphor to describe the horrors of lynching in the American South. It was written by Abel Meeropol and performed by Billie Holiday, who became a civil rights icon for singing it.
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Nov 28, 2021 · 'Strange Fruit' is a song that protested the mass lynchings of Black people in the American South. It was written by a Jewish schoolteacher, popularized by Billie Holiday, and banned by some radio stations and record labels.
