One of Billie Holiday's most iconic songs is "Strange Fruit," a haunting protest against the inhumanity of racism. Many people know that the man who wrote the song was inspired by a photograph of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, 'Lady in Satin,' in New York in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Today, ...

A Texas public relations firm with clients in San Antonio has changed its name after the company was barraged with social media messages questioning why they used a name most affiliated with a 1937 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Laibach have announced details of “Strange Fruit”, a three-track single release ...

On February 26, closing out Black History Month, I came to Joe's Pub for Strange Fruit — produced and directed by Venus Cuffs — to listen and be educated. Showing up, paying attention, and letting art ...

Jazz singer Billie Holiday’s song “Strange Fruit” paints a vivid scene of the lynchings that happened across the American South in the early 20th century. The lyrics compare the hanged bodies of Black ...

You’d think a public relations firm would know better. You’d think it would research a name before using it for a company. You’d think someone would have pulled the person aside who was in charge of ...

Billie Holiday helped shape American popular music with her voice and unique style. But, her legacy extends way beyond music with one song in... Strange Fruit Strange Fruit Billie Holiday helped shape ...