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The 20 most important songs in music history – which ones changed the world?

Music has never been just entertainment. Throughout decades, certain songs have served as catalysts for political movements, ...
Opinion
Salisbury PostOpinion

Bob Topper: Woke — Weaponized language

By Bob Topper PeaceVoice In 1939, Billie Holiday gave voice to a nation’s darkest truths with “Strange Fruit,” her haunting lament for the bodies of Black men and women hanging […] ...
Architectural Record

A New Book Chronicles the Strange Saga of Belgium’s Contribution to the 1939 New York World’s Fair

A forgotten victim of the Second World War is the Belgian Friendship Building, the small European nation’s contribution to the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Unable to repatriate it after the fair’s ...
The Milwaukee Courier

Strange and Familiar Fruit: Remembering, Resisting, and Refusing to Forget

There are songs that haunt the American soul, but none more so than “Strange Fruit.” First made famous by Billie Holiday in 1939, its mournful melody and searing lyrics hold a mirror to the ugliest ...
The Telegraph

Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) On July 17, 1959, ...
Greenwich Time

Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering

Today, Holiday is revered as one of the most influential musical artists of all time. Time magazine named her 1939 recording of “Strange Fruit” the song of the 20th century. “In this sad, shadowy song ...