Strange fruit : Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song
(2017)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/BIOGRAPHY/781.65/HOLIDAY,B

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Biographies J/BIOGRAPHY/781.65/HOLIDAY,B Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2017]
DESCRIPTION

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781467751230, 1467751235 :, 1467751235, 9781467751230
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"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 fro the civil rights movement." -- inside book cover

"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

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