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6 inspiring Black protest songs, from 'Strange Fruit' to Kendrick Lamar’s 'Alright'
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoToday, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,”...
Water damage or politics? Artist questions why provocative exhibit was canceled by DSC
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOver nine years, artist Jon Henry has created and shared his passion project: a photography...
Strange Fruit: Logansport students learn of Marion lynching, Billie Holiday song
Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 21—"Southern trees bear a strange fruit/ Blood on the leaves and blood at the root/ Black body swinging in the Southern breeze/ Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees." It is one of ...
Free-speech groups demand Daytona State College reconsider provocative art photo exhibit
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThree free-speech groups are demanding Daytona State College again invite an artist to show a...
This is the strange fruit that can be your weight loss gamechanger
NY Post via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA lesser known berry can be the superfood that your diet needs, new research shows. It’s berry good...
Boundary Pushing Black Female Singers Through the Decades
Blavity via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoJames Brown and Betty Jean Newsome made it clear in 1981 that “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” and...
10 Groundbreaking Songs Vs. 10 Problematic Songs That Prove Some Music Is Timeless And Some...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWe asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about some popular, older songs that have...
What the Heck Is This Creepy Fruit? Here’s What To Know About 'Buddha’s Hand'
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt may look intimidating, but you've got to try it. There are some truly strange fruits in the...
Billie Holiday Was a Songwriter, Too
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoESSAY Billie Holiday is widely considered jazz’s pre-eminent singer. Frank Sinatra once said that “with few exceptions, every major pop singer in the...
How Did Green Day and Notorious B.I.G. End Up in the Library of Congress?
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOther than making records, what do Green Day, the Notorious B.I.G., classic crooners Perry Como and...