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Strange fruit : Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song / Gary Golio ; illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Golio, Gary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959--Juvenile literature.
- Holiday, Billie.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (44 pages) : illustrations
- 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 his 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."--Inside book cover.
- Contents:
- 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 his 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 fro the civil rights movement."
- inside book cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5124-3863-4
- 1-5124-2837-X
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