Strange fruit
Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song
by Gary Golio
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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. Afterword, Author Biography, Bibliography, Full-Color Illustrations, Further Reading, Illustrator Biography, Original Artwork, Source Notes.
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Lynching, Juvenile literature, Juvenile literature,, History, Songs, Music, history and criticism, juvenile literature, Singers, Singers, juvenile literature, Women, united states, biography, Women, biography, juvenile literature, Allan, Lewis 1903-1986. Strange fruit. -- Juvenile literature, Holiday, Billie 1915-1959. -- Juvenile literature, Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986. Strange fruit, Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959, Lynching -- History -- United States -- Juvenile literature, Lynching -- History -- United StatesPlaces
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Strange fruit: Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song
2017, Millbrook Press, Millbrook Press ™, Millbrook Press (Tm)
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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
2017, Lerner Publishing Group
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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
2017, Lerner Publishing Group
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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
2017, Lerner Publishing Group
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Includes bibliographical references.
3456 Childrens Plus, Inc.
870 Lexile.
Accelerated Reader AR 4.8 0.5 187709.
Accelerated Reader MG 4.8 0.5 187709
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