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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, ...

How Billy Crystal's Uncle and Billie Holiday Made Black Music History with a Protest Song About Lynching (Exclusive)

"A White Jewish producer, and the greatest Black jazz singer of all-time, and an all-Black band, working together to produce art," Crystal says ...
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Director Lee Daniels on ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ and why ‘Strange Fruit’ is a protest anthem

Jazz singer Billie Holiday’s song “Strange Fruit” paints a vivid scene of the lynchings that happened across the American South in the early 20th century. The lyrics compare the hanged bodies of Black ...
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'Strange Fruit': Billie Holiday song remains a testament to injustice

Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence of ...
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Legacy of Billie Holiday’s Strange Fruit Endures with Impassioned Cover by Andra Day in Support of the Equal Justice Initiative (WATCH)

*NEW YORK – Andra Day, the award-winning singer, songwriter, and philanthropist, released today a recording and music video for “Strange Fruit,” the historic song originally recorded by Billie Holiday ...
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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

(The Conversation) — Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity ...
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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

Tracy Fessenden has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Today, Holiday is revered as one of the ...