Billie Holiday 
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SOURCE: New York Times
4/25/2021
Behind ‘Strange Fruit,’ Billie Holiday’s Anti-Lynching Anthem
In 2021, as the nation continues to reckon with a series of killings of unarmed Black people by the police, “Strange Fruit” has maintained its place in the national conversation about racism.
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SOURCE: Politico
1-17-15
The Hunting of Billie Holiday
by Johann Hari
How Lady Day found herself in the middle of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics’ early fight for survival.
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