Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”
February 19, 2019
Billie Holiday was a prolific African American jazz and pop artist who provides a lot of influence to people even today. The lyrics of one of her most famous songs, “Strange Fruit,” describes the lynching of thousands of black victims across America. It symbolizes the brutality that was normalized in that era, the song has been described by many as “a declaration of war” and “the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.” Other artists, such as Nina Simone, have covered the song as well.