13 Songs That Symbolize Black Women’s Feelings About A Trump America - Page 7
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Shanique Yates
7. “Strange Fruit” — Billie Holiday
First performed by Billie Holiday in 1939 in response to the lynching of Black Americans in the Jim Crow South 85 years ago, this song still reflects a lot of the injustices and downright inhumane conditions Black people are up against today.
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