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Strange fruit : Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song / Gary Golio ; illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3930.H64 G65 2017
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Golio, Gary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959--Juvenile literature.
- Holiday, Billie.
- Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986. Strange fruit--Juvenile literature.
- Allan, Lewis.
- African American women singers--Juvenile literature.
- African American women singers.
- Racism--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Racism.
- Lynching--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
- Lynching.
- African Americans--Social conditions--History--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986. Strange fruit.
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
- Strange fruit (Allan, Lewis).
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Picture books for children.
- Sophisticated picture books.
- Paper case bindings.
- Illustrated case bindings.
- book jackets.
- collective biographies.
- illustrated books.
- Picture books.
- Illustrated works.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 36 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Silence. That was the response at Cafe Society the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but her song wasn't either of those things. It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever. Discover how two outsiders -- Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants -- combined their talents to create a song that challenged racism and paved the way for the civil rights movement" -- front flap of book cover..
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Golio, Gary. Strange fruit.
- ISBN:
- 9781467751230
- 1467751235
- OCLC:
- 948291539
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