Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song

Synopsis

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.