Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
Book Details
- Author
- Gary Golio
- Publisher
- Millbrook Press (Tm)
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- History
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-10
- 1467751235
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ISBN: 1467751235
Author: Golio, Gary
Condition: New
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 wasnt 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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