Strange Fruit – Voices of a Lynching
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English - August 25, 2014 21:27 - 17 minutes - 8.47 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDocumentary Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The images coming out of Ferguson, MO this summer have reminded us of another upsetting image of race in America. It’s a photograph that was taken just a few hours from Ferguson, but eight decades ago…and it inspired the Billie Holiday song, Strange Fruit.
Listen to our story (and be advised that it is disturbing.)