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American Civil Rights Movement

  • The extraordinary power of Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’, evoking the horror of racial lynching

    The extraordinary power of Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’, evoking the horror of racial lynching

    Tracy Fessenden, The Conversation
    · Aug 03, 2024 · 10:00 pm