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"Strange Fruit". Documentary. News Reel. 2002. Archived from the original on April 23, 2004. "Strange Fruit". Documentary. Independent Lens. PBS. March 31, 2022 [2003]. "Strange Fruit", Shmoop, analysis of lyrics, historical and literary allusions - student & teaching guide "Strange Fruit" at MusicBrainz (information and list of recordings) BBC ...
Strange Fruit is a 1944 bestselling debut novel by American author Lillian Smith that deals with the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance. Its working title was Jordan is so Chilly , but Smith retitled it Strange Fruit prior to publication. [ 2 ]
Meeropol was born in 1903 to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants in the Bronx, New York. [2] [3] [4] He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1921 (his classmate Countee Cullen graduated in 1922); he earned a B.A. from City College of New York and an M.A. from Harvard University.
Today, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye remain relevant to Black America.
Joel Christian Gill (born 15 January 1975 in Roanoke, Virginia) [1] is an American cartoonist, educator, and author of a number of graphic novels from Fulcrum Publishing: Strange Fruit Vol I : Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History, Bass Reeves: Tales of the Talented Tenth No.1, and Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2, Strange Fruit Vol II: More Uncelebrated Narratives ...
Meeropol later said that the photograph "haunted [him] for days" and inspired his poem "Bitter Fruit". It was published in the New York Teacher in 1937 and later in the magazine New Masses, in both cases under the pseudonym Lewis Allan. Meeropol set his poem to music, renaming it "Strange Fruit".
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Lillian Eugenia Smith (December 12, 1897 – September 28, 1966) was a writer and social critic of the Southern United States, known for both her non-fiction and fiction works, including the best-selling novel Strange Fruit (1944).