How did “Strange Fruit” get popular? Exactly how and who initially presented the song to Billie Holiday is the subject of some dispute. Regardless, “Strange Fruit” quickly became a ...

By Josh Ocampo A four-alarm fire on Wednesday evening severely damaged a building in Harlem where the jazz legend Billie Holiday once ... hit songs including “Strange Fruit” and “I’ll ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict the fight for civil rights.

Two years prior to that speech, a young Joan Baez led a crowd of 300,000 in singing the gospel ... once referred to Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit," a song she first performed in early 1939 ...