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That you could write entire books about. This is one of the few. And this was not a tough sell to a publisher because they saw your piece in vanity fair. They saw the piece in vanity fair, and they thought that it could be expanded upon into a book. And it certainly works very well. For a generation of americans who are not familiar with the song and its been conspicuously absent how would you describe the song and its impact . Well, the song was a song about lynching. You know, it was a song about black bodies hanging on southern trees, and it was a song that came out in 1939 at a time when people simply werent talking about this kind of thing. You know, it was before jackie robinson. It was before Martin Luther king. It was before the armed forces were integrated. It was before rosa parks. It was really the dark ages in the history of civil rights in this country, and all of a sudden, a 23yearold woman, Billie Holiday, is singing about lynching. And i think that the song had enormous

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Are there other books out there about a single song . Im familiar with dave marshs take on louie louie, but this has to be an unusual premise for a new book. I dont think there are very many. I think theres a book about amazing grace, and im told theres a book in the works about we shall overcome. But i think there really arent many songs that you could write entire books about. This is one of the few. And this was not a tough sell to a publisher because they saw your piece in vanity fair. They saw the piece in vanity fair, and they thought that it could be expanded upon into a book. And it certainly works very well. For a generation of americans who are not familiar with the song and its been conspicuously absent how would you describe the song and its impact . Well, the song was a song about lynching. You know, it was a song about black bodies hanging on southern trees, and it was a song that came out in 1939 at a time when people simply werent talking about this kind of thing. You k

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Strange fruit: How Billie Holiday s performance of the anti-lynching song politicized Black consciousness

Billie Holiday s recording of the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit" has stirred and haunted generations of listeners. A new article in the Journal of African American History, titled "Professional Mourning: Billie Holiday s Strange Fruit and the Remaking of Black Consciousness," presents a detailed history of the song and argues that Holiday s rendition, released in the 1930s, brought the Black community together at a moment of unique social and political struggle.

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15 Best Jazz Songs of All Time

15 Best Jazz Songs of All Time
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15 Best Jazz Songs of All Time

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