Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society And An Early Cry For Civil Rights

By (author) : David Margolick
Foreword by : Hilton Als
Publishers: Canongate Books
Print Format: Paperback

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Billie Holiday's signature tune, 'Strange Fruit', with its graphic and heart-wrenching portrayal of a lynching in the South, brought home the evils of racism as well as being an inspiring mark of resistance. In 1939, its performance sparked controversy (and sometimes violence) wherever Billie Holiday went.

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Thanks to a panoply of revealing interviews, Margolick shows how a single 12-line song became a lightning-rod for US attitudes to race.

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Title	Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society And An Early Cry For Civil Rights
By (author)	David Margolick
Foreword by	Hilton Als
Publishers	Canongate Books
Language of text	English
ISBN	9781841952840
Product Form	Paperback
Height	198 mm
Width	129 mm
Thickness	11 mm
Unit weight	123 gr