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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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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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Andra Day performs Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" in United States vs. Billie Holiday. Premieres Febr... The most important song of the civil rights movement.
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Feb 28, 2021 · Holiday referred to the song as her "personal protest," and it certainly differed from her typical material. In the song, the image of "Strange Fruit" serves as a shocking metaphor for bodies hanging from trees, the victims of racist lynch mobs in the US in the early decades of the 20th century.
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...
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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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...
