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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
ISBN:
9781467751230
Physical Description:
36 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Reading Level:
870 L Lexile
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Summary:
Silence. That was the response at Cafe Society 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 her 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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