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NNadir

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5. I did not know that Billie Holiday was not the author of "Strange Fruit."

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Aug 7, 2024, 08:21 PM

Aug 7

I worked out a version of it when I was playing in clubs as a kid, but of course, I never played it publicly, because, tradition says only Billie Holiday could sing it,

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On this day, August 7, 1930, the last confirmed lynching of black people in the northern US occurred in Marion, Indiana. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 OP

Im confused, havent there been recent cases getagrip_already Aug 7 #1

"... in the northern US ..." NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 #2

Ahhh, ok, didnt catch that. Tx getagrip_already Aug 7 #3

I had to read it closely too. I had the same thought you did. And good afternoon. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 #4

I did not know that Billie Holiday was not the author of "Strange Fruit." NNadir Aug 7 #5