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  2. www.youtube.com › watchBillie Holiday – Singing Truth to Power (The ... - YouTube

    Feb 23, 2022 · Tarriona "Tank" Ball from Tank and the Bangas explains how Billie Holiday risked everything by performing "Strange Fruit," decades before the apex of the American civil rights movement.

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  3. www.youtube.com › watchAndra Day Performs "Strange Fruit" | United States vs. Billie ...

    The most important song of the civil rights movement. Andra Day performs Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" in United States vs. Billie Holiday. Premieres Febr...

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  4. www.youtube.com › watchStrange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song

    Feb 19, 2021 · Discover how two outsiders—Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants—combined their talents to create a song that challenged...

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  5. www.grunge.com › 338349The Tragic Meaning Behind Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit'

    Feb 28, 2021 · The song (on YouTube) begins: "Southern trees bear a strange fruit. Blood on the leaves and blood at the root. Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze. Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees." The story of the song's creation is an unusual one.

  6. www.pbs.org › newshour › artsAndra Day on portraying Billie Holiday’s signature ... - PBS

    Mar 1, 2021 · The camera lingers on Day’s face as she sings the opening lines to “Strange Fruit,” a signature Holiday song that protests lynchings of Black people. The accompanying music doesn’t start until...

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  7. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersThe story behind Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ - PBS

    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...

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  9. www.npr.org › 2021/03/05 › 974123011Andra Day On Portraying BilIie Holiday And The Enduring ...

    Mar 5, 2021 · The song "Strange Fruit" was written by a man named Abel Meeropol in the 1930s — but it will forever be associated with Billie Holiday. The lyrics vividly describe a lynching, and this...