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"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday, who released her Written by the teacher Abel Meeropol as a poem , it condemned American racism, .... Billie Holiday, Café Society and an Early Cry for Civil Rights .
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The original title was "Bitter Fruit," and the song started as a poem Meeropol Fruit" has been toward civil rights movements since it's been written.
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2 Jul 2010 Dashboard · Course CEMU 0903: Politics, Poetry and Music The Civil Rights Movement of the US, which occurred during the 1950s and 1960s, was a He mentions songs such as "Heart of the Congos" and many others.
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