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Why Billie Holiday's Protest Song "Strange Fruit" Should Inspire Gratitude

Name: Why Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" Should Inspire Gratitude
Uploaded: 2021-03-04T00:00:00-0600
Duration: P0Y0M0W0DT0H1M4S
Description: Oprah and singer-songwriter Andra Day discuss what she wants people to feel when they hear her singing Billie Holiday's classic "Strange Fruit." "I want them to say 'thank you' to her," Andra says. "She reinvigorated the civil rights movement...by singing this song about lynching in America."

Oprah and singer-songwriter Andra Day discuss what she wants people to feel when they hear her singing Billie Holiday's classic "Strange Fruit." "I want them to say 'thank you' to her," Andra says. "She reinvigorated the civil rights movement...by singing this song about lynching in America."

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