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Billie Holiday was tired of the discrimination that plagued her career as a singer. “Strange Fruit” provided her with a platform to protest the pervasive racism of the era and became her personal anthem for resistance. Includes Billie Holiday Biography, Source Notes, Selected Bibliography
Genres
Lexile
870L
Publication
MILLBROOK PR (2017), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages
Description
"Silence. That was the response at Cafe Society 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 his 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."--Inside book cover.
Awards
Language
Pages
40
Physical description
40 p.; 11.25 inches
ISBN
1467751235 / 9781467751230
DDC/MDS
782.42165 |
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