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Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ Was Written by a Communist School Teacher

Music legend Billie Holiday is regarded as one of the most soulful American singers of the ‘50s. But her most powerful song, “Strange Fruit,” put Holiday on the federal government’s hit list, and ...
Time

My Father Wrote 'Strange Fruit.' The Capitol Rioters Had a Lot in Common With the Lynch Mobs That Inspired That Song

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Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, 'Lady in Satin,' in New York in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Today, ...
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Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ Lyrics Made the Government Hunt Her Down for 20 Years

Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit' lyrics were controversial to some and powerful to others. The song was Holiday's way of protesting the lynching of Black people during the Jim Crow era, and it angered ...
PBS

Billie Holiday’s Searing “Strange Fruit” Still Has the Power to Startle

There are often false narratives we tell ourselves so that we can simplify, and beautify, the past and erase aspects of the present that we are uncomfortable with. Take the view that the olden times ...
insider.si.edu

Strange Fruit; Fine and Mellow

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Billie Holiday (1915–1959,) an ...
NPR

Andra Day On Portraying BilIie Holiday And The Enduring Strength Of 'Strange Fruit'

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 haunting ...
New York Magazine

Strange Fruit

"It still amazes me how twelve lines can change the world," says Joel Katz, the director of Strange Fruit, a documentary about the thirties anti-lynching protest song. Written by Abel Meeropol, the ...
Rolling Stone

Bettye LaVette Unleashes Cover of Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’

Blues Hall of Fame legend Bettye LaVette has released a timely cover of Billie Holiday’s standard “Strange Fruit” in conjunction with ongoing protests against systemic racism and violence toward black ...
insider.si.edu

Strange Fruit; Fine and Mellow

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Billie Holiday (1915–1959,) an ...