“Strange Fruit”
“Strange Fruit” This anti-lynching poem was written by Abel Meeropol, a teacher, songwriter, and member of the American Communist Party He published it in a union publication in 1937 and then set it to music It was most famously performed by Billy Holiday, who first sang “Strange Fruit” in 1939
Strange Fruit
"Strange Fruit" is a poem written by Abel Meeropol, a white, Jewish high school teacher from the Bronx and a member of the Communist Party, as a protest against lynchings He sometimes published under the pen name Lewis Allan, after two sons who were stillborn
Abel Meeropol Billie Holiday - Wag & Paws
Abel Meeropol Billie Holiday Written as an antilynching song the idea of “strange fruit” is a haunting one “Southern trees” refers to the American South, where at the time of writing lynching was still prevalent One could take “strange fruit” to mean the black
“Strange Fruit”—Billie Holiday (1939)
Billie Holiday Original label Abel Meeropol Considering the vivid images and sustained metaphor of the song “Strange Fruit,” it shouldn’t be surprising that it began as a poem It was written by Abel Meeropol (1903-1986), a teacher, poet and songwriter, who published under the name Lewis Allan
KAGAN Consensus Reflection Strange Fruit by Abel Meeropol
May 09, 2018 · Strange Fruit Bitter Fruit was written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher, after seeing a postcard from Marion, Indiana bearing a photograph of two young black men, Thomas Shipp and Abraham Smith (August 7,1930) The photographer was Lawrence Beitler
Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (1939)
Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (1939) “Strange Fruit” was written by Abel Meeropol, a white English teacher from New York City, as a protest against the horrors of lynching Lynching was a practice that involved mob-style execution without trial, most often by hanging, and almost exclusively of African Ameri-cans
Strange fruit pdf - Weebly
Strange Fruit was originally a poem by Shahidai, may have popularized Strange Fruit and turned it into a work of art, but it was a Jewish communist teacher and civil rights activist from the Bronx, Abel Meeropol, who wrote it, first as a poem and then as a song
Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit”
Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” Source: William P Gottlieb “Strange Fruit” was written by Abel Meeropol, a white English teacher from New York City, as a protest against the horrors of lynching Lynching was a practice that involved mob-style execution without trial, most often by hanging, and most often of African Americans
International Journal of Education & the Arts
The iconic anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit”, written by Abel Meeropol and first performed by Billie Holiday in 1939, emerged during what is known as the Jim Crow era in US history As a testimony to the song’s ability to boldly represent this horrific past, Time Magazine
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