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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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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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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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Jul 24, 2024 · A song about fruit hanging from poplar trees, however strange, doesn’t seem like a particularly significant image. But when the grim reality of the song’s meaning is revealed, there is no grimmer picture painted in the history of modern music.
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.
Aug 25, 2020 · In March 1939, a 23-year-old Billie Holiday walked up to the mic at West 4th's Cafe Society in New York City to sing her final song of the night. Per her request, the waiters stopped serving and...
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Mar 5, 2021 · The lyrics vividly describe a lynching, and this haunting protest song is central to the new movie The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. The Grammy-nominated singer Andra Day plays the title...
