God Bless the Child.” “I’ll Be Seeing You.” And of course, “Strange Fruit.” Ten writers and musicians share what they love ...

Jazz singer Billie Holiday vs the US Government?! Her song Strange Fruit written by Abel Meeropol about the treatment of ...

The jazz singer referred to was Billie Holiday who came to be so closely ... The first incarnation of "Strange Fruit" was a poem entitled Bitter Fruit that had been written after Meeropol saw ...

Performance footage of Billie Holiday may admittedly be scant but this issue compiles into a single release song cuts from some of Holidays live filmed performances that are still existent Rare ...

American jazz singer, Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959), also known as Lady Day. Her recording of ‘Strange Fruit’ about a lynching was a cause celebre. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images) circa 1955 ...

Billie Holiday National Portrait Gallery Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday Holiday, Billie (Fagan, Eleanora) National Museum of American History Strange Fruit; Fine and Mellow National Museum of African ...