Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song

Kids, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Music, Beautiful and Interesting, USA
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Author: Gary Golio ISBN: 9781512438635
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group Publication: February 1, 2017
Imprint: Millbrook Press ™ Language: English
Author: Gary Golio
ISBN: 9781512438635
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Publication: February 1, 2017
Imprint: Millbrook Press ™
Language: English

The audience was completely silent the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but this song wasn't either of those things. It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever.

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 racism and paved the way for the Civil Rights movement.

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The audience was completely silent the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but this song wasn't either of those things. It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever.

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 racism and paved the way for the Civil Rights movement.

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