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Author : David Margolick, Hilton Als

Date : 2001-01-23

Page : 170

Rating : 4.5

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Strange Fruit The Biography of a Song David Margolick  ~ After being set to music Meeropols poem became the song ultimately known as Strange Fruit The song was played for jazz singer Billie Holiday and she sung it for the first time in front of an audience in 1939 Billie said she was nervous at first and  scared people would hate it
Strange Fruit  Wikipedia ~  Strange Fruit  is a song performed by Billie Holiday who first sang and recorded it in 1939 Written by teacher Abel Meeropol as a poem and published in 1937 it protested American racism particularly the lynching of African Americans
The Tragic Story Behind Billie Holidays Strange Fruit  ~ Strange Fruit was originally a poem Holiday may have popularized Strange Fruit and turned it into a work of art but it was a Jewish communist teacher and civil rights activist from the Bronx
Strange Fruit The Biography of a Song by David Margolick ~ Strange Fruit is the haunting song about lynchings in the south It is a notable song of the Civil Rights movement popularized by Billie Holliday Although Holliday has taken at least partial credit for the authorship of the song it was actually Abel Meeropol who penned the poem that became the song
Strange Fruit The Biography of a Song  David Margolick  ~ Recorded by jazz legend Billie Holiday in 1939 Strange Fruit is considered to be the first significant song of the civil rights movement and the first direct musical assault upon 
BBC  Culture  Strange Fruit The most shocking song of  ~ In his 2001 book Strange Fruit The Biography of a Song the writer David Margolick suggests the club with its policy of complete integration was “probably the only place in America where 
Strange Fruit The Biography of a Song  Kanopy ~ STRANGE FRUIT is the first documentary exploring the history and legacy of the Billie Holiday classic The songs evolution tells a dramatic story of Americas radical past using one of the most influential protest songs ever written as its epicenter
The Strange Story Of The Man Behind Strange Fruit  NPR ~ One of Billie Holidays most iconic songs is Strange Fruit a haunting protest against the inhumanity of racism Many people know that the man who wrote the song was inspired by a photograph of 
Strange Fruit the first great protest song  Music ~ Strange Fruit the first great protest song Billie Holidays 1939 song about racist lynchings stunned audiences and redefined popular music In an extract from 33 Revolutions Per Minute