Billie Holliday Sings ” Strange Fruit ” A Song Released in 1939 in Protest of the Tens of Thousands of Lynchings of Blacks in the South. Holiday who was one of the most famous women in America, received severe backlash from Politicians, Her own Record Label, and Radio Executives who were outraged at the Lyrics, and how realistically they portray the sadness and brutality of what a Lynching was.
Listen To Billie Holliday Sing ” Strange Fruit ” The Anti Lynching Tribute
Stephen Brown
Stephen Brown @SteveBTech is a Technology Entrepreneur, Programmer, & Int'l CES Judge. Along with being the founder of DigitalAfro.com, he is the founder of DigiLyfe Magazine , Nubby.co, & StemStars.org an organization that teaches K-12 Students Science & Technology.