"The audience was completely silent 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 this 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." -- publisher
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Biography, Cross Group, Oppression & Resilience
Content: Activism, Economic Struggle
Settings: New York, Northern America, United States of America
Ethnicity: Latvian, Russian, Unspecified
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American, White/European American/Caucasian
Religion: Jewish
Cross Group Sub: Central, Direct, Positive
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary