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Il y a 1 jour · strange fruit growing on the trees down south. couldn't get it right either. to render the anti-lynching song strange fruit growing on the trees down south. on one of the nightspots regular broadcast broadcasts, the post reported. in november 1939, station termed turned thumbs down a week ago, approved the number for last night's airing. then it said no again, but has agreed to let billie it ...
Il y a 2 jours · Among artistic works that grappled with lynching was the song "Strange Fruit", written as a poem by Abel Meeropol in 1939 and recorded by Billie Holiday. In part it goes: Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar ...
Il y a 2 jours · Holiday was in the middle of recording for Columbia in the late 1930s when she was introduced to "Strange Fruit", a song by Abel Meeropol based on his poem about lynching. Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx , used the pseudonym "Lewis Allan" for the poem, which was set to music and performed at teachers' union meetings. [46]
Il y a 1 jour · A final example of the numerous images of lynchings that appeared in the 1930s is Boris Gorelick’s Strange Fruit (1939). Gorelick chose to present his condemnation of lynching in a surreal, dreamlike—or, one could say, nightmarish—manner.
Il y a 3 jours · Along with “Strange Fruit,” Meeropol/Allen would also compose the hits “The House I Live In” for Frank Sinatra and “Apples, Peaches and Cherries” for Peggy Lee. “Strange Fruit” is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday. It is a powerful protest against the lynching of African Americans in the United States.
Il y a 4 jours · In addition to exploring Holiday's personal challenges, the film highlights her brave stance against societal racism, most famously through her performances of the song "Strange Fruit," which speaks out against the lynching of African Americans. For more information about The United States vs. Billie Holiday, visit Wikipedia or IMDb.
Il y a 2 jours · Leo Frank Lynching Photos: The Leo Frank Lynch Party August 16 & 17, 1915, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia; Leonard Dinnerstein; Letter; Life and times of Leo Max Frank; Little Mary Anne Phagan (Thursday, June 1, 1899 – Saturday, April 26, 1913) and the Aftermath of Her Murder; Lucille Selig Frank; Luther Rosser; Lynching Site August 17, 1915 ...
