Billie Holiday: We'll Never Forget Those Strange Fruit

About this episode

The episode discusses Billie Holiday's life and the impact of her song 'Strange Fruit' during the Jim Crow era.

Billie Holiday was never given a fair shot at life, like many Black Americans during the Jim Crow period. But despite that, she sang a song that stood the test of time and changed America forever.... REDACTED HISTORY LIVE SHOW QUESTIONNAIRE: https://forms.gle/qhJFC3wsYTV3ixz6A Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Andre White

Topics covered

• Billie Holiday
• Jim Crow
• American music
• racial injustice
• cultural impact

Keywords

• Billie Holiday
• Strange Fruit
• Jim Crow
• Black Americans
• American history

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