Title: 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, Lynching -- History -- United States
Places: United States
People: Lewis Allan (1903-1986), Billie Holiday (1915-1959)