Strange fruit

Description:

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 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. Afterword, Author Biography, Bibliography, Full-Color Illustrations, Further Reading, Illustrator Biography, Original Artwork, Source Notes.

subjects: Lynching,  Juvenile literature,  Juvenile literature,,  History,  Songs,  Music, history and criticism, juvenile literature,  Singers,  Singers, juvenile literature,  Women, united states, biography,  Women, biography, juvenile literature,  Allan, Lewis 1903-1986. Strange fruit. -- Juvenile literature,  Holiday, Billie 1915-1959. -- Juvenile literature,  Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986. Strange fruit,  Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959,  Lynching -- History -- United States -- Juvenile literature

People: Lewis Allan (1903-1986),  Billie Holiday (1915-1959)

Places: United States