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How Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ Confronted an Ugly Era of Lynchings During a time when violence against Black Americans was common, Holiday s haunting rendition of the song often left audiences uncomfortable. Author: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images During a time when violence against Black Americans was common, Holiday s haunting rendition of the song often left audiences uncomfortable. The haunting lyrics of “Strange Fruit” paint a picture of a rural American South where political and psychological terror reigns over African American communities. “Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze,” blues legend Billie Holiday sang in her powerful 1939 recording of the song, “Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.” The song’s lyrics portray the everyday violence that was being inflicted on Black people. And Holiday dared to perform it in front of Black and white audiences, alike.

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