The Song That Got Billie Holiday Killed Discover the shocking true story of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"—the 1939 protest song that sold over one million copies and made her a target of the U.S. government. From performing at New York's first integrated nightclub to being hunted by Federal Bureau of Narcotics commissioner Harry Anslinger, Holiday's courage changed music forever. Learn how she turned a haunting poem about lynching into America's first major protest anthem, despite facing stal
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The Song That Got Billie Holiday Killed Discover the shocking true story of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"—the 1939 protest song that sold over one million copies and made her a target of the U.S. government. From performing at New York's first integrated nightclub to being hunted by Federal Bureau of Narcotics commissioner Harry Anslinger, Holiday's courage changed music forever. Learn how she turned a haunting poem about lynching into America's first major protest anthem, despite facing stal
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