Strange Fruit

Name: Strange Fruit
Uploaded: 1957-01-01
Description: Written and composed by Abel Meeropol under his pseudonym Lewis Allan, this 1939 recording by Billie Holiday protests the lynching of African Americans with lyrics comparing victims to fruit of trees.

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1957 50s blues

Written and composed by Abel Meeropol under his pseudonym Lewis Allan, this 1939 recording by Billie Holiday protests the lynching of African Americans with lyrics comparing victims to fruit of trees.