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Tag Archives: Lynching
Billie Holiday and the Tragic Song, Strange Fruit
On a cold March night in 1939, an unusual audience gathered at the club, Cafe Society, a new jazz club on West 4th Street in Greenwich Village, New York City. They came because Café Society was an unusual club. It … Continue reading →
Posted in Being American, History, Music, United States
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Tagged Abel Meeropol, Barney Josephson, Billie Holiday, Cafe Society, Civil Rights Movement, Clarence Holiday, Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Harry Anslinger, Lynching, Racism, Strange Fruit, Violence
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