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23 de abr. de 2024 · The Meaning Behind The Song: Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” is a haunting and powerful protest song that continues to resonate with people around the world. Originally written as a poem by Abel Meeropol, the song’s cryptic lyrics describe the horrors of lynching in the United States.
20 de abr. de 2024 · It serves as a disturbing allegory between fruit on trees and Black lynching victims throughout American history, penned in response to a 1930 photo of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, two Black ...
2 de may. de 2024 · Josephson introduced "Strange Fruit" to Billie Holiday, recognizing its potential to make a powerful statement against racism. Holiday was deeply moved by the song's haunting lyrics so she agreed to perform it at Café Society, despite potential backlash and controversy.
Hace 3 días · our rendition of the jazz standard 'strange fruit'we stand for personal and collective liberation, and songs like strange fruit serve as reminders of the dai...
Hace 3 días · The lyrics open with a vivid and disturbing image: “Southern trees bear strange fruit, / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.” The “strange fruit” metaphor unmistakably refers to the bodies of Black individuals hanging from trees, an imagery evoking the devastating legacy of lynching.
7 de may. de 2024 · “Strange Fruit” is a haunting song that sheds light on the chilling reality of racial violence in America during the 20th century. Billie Holiday once referred to this song as her most significant work, giving voice to the atrocities faced by African Americans due to racism and bigotry.
20 de abr. de 2024 · Legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday stepped into a 5 th Avenue studio and recorded “Strange Fruit,” a song written by Jewish civil rights activist Abel Meeropol, a high school English teacher upset about the lynchings of Black Americans — more than 6,400 between 1865 and 1950. Meeropol and his wife had adopted the sons of ...
