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	Strange Fruit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Strange Fruit" is a song most famously performed by Billie Holiday that condemns American racism, particularly the practice of lynching and burning African Americans that was prevalent in the South at the time when it was written.
		Holiday later said that the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her father's death, and that this played a role in her persistence to perform it.
		The "strange fruit" referred to in the song are the bodies of African American men hanged during a lynching.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strange_Fruit (774 words)

	Performance group branches out - theage.com.au
		Strange Fruit began this year with a deficit that he hopes will be cleared by the end.
		Strange Fruit evolved from the physical theatre group Primary Source that was responsible for the large wheel and ship that moved along footpaths during the Melbourne Festivals directed by John Truscott in 1989 and 1990.
		The key to the development of Strange Fruit was the invention of their poles, which had to be both strong and flexible enough to support the swaying artists.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/27/1048653798857.html?oneclick=true (833 words)

	Independent Lens . STRANGE FRUIT . The Film \| PBS
		While many people assume that the song "Strange Fruit" was written by Holiday herself, it actually began as a poem by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher and union activist from the Bronx who later set it to music.
		"Strange Fruit" was first performed at a New York teachers' union meeting and was brought to the attention of the manager of Cafe Society, a popular Greenwich Village nightclub, who introduced Billie Holiday to the writer.
		The tale of "Strange Fruit" - its genesis, impact and continuing relevance - is an amazingly complex one that weaves together the lives of African Americans, immigrant Jews, anticommunist government officials, civil rights leaders, radical Leftist teachers and organizers, music publishers, record company executives and jazz musicians.
	www.pbs.org /independentlens/strangefruit/film.html (513 words)

	Strange Fruit
		David Margolick's Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society and an Early Cry for Civil Rights is a comprehensive history and examination of this iconoclastic, mind blowing song, and all of the cross currents that played a role in its existence and success.
		Strange Fruit was a song of unimaginable power and listeners reacted in a variety of ways.
		Strange Fruit is one strong reason why the current crop of book offerings is so rich and exciting.
	aalbc.com /reviews/strange_fruit.htm (1014 words)

	POMEGRANATE Fruit Facts
		Since the fruits are borne only at the tips of new growth, it is recommended that for the first 3 years the branches be judiciously shortened annually to encourage the maximum number of new shoots on all sides, prevent straggly development and achieve a strong well framed plant.
		The fruit is variable yellow-red in color, with light pink juice that is sweet and of rich flavor.
		Fruit is lighter in color than Wonderful, remains slightly greenish with a red blush when ripe.
	www.crfg.org /pubs/ff/pomegranate.html (1479 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Strange Fruit
		Strange Fruit is set in the imaginary small south Georgia town of Maxwell, modeled obviously on the town of Jasper, Florida, Smith's birthplace and home for her first seventeen years.
		She said her novel was not about race (which it surely was) but instead was a fantasy in which she was every character.
		Whatever else it might be, Strange Fruit is about relationships, crossing lines, breaking rules, being different, rejecting prescribed rules, transcending categories, and those "racial abstractions" that Smith often said existed only to divide and conquer and corrupt their victims.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-479 (767 words)

	Strange Fruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"Strange Fruit" combines elements of the biopic with an exploration of the birth of New York's jazz clubs and the history of Southern lynching.
		The accusatory tone and vivid, poetic words of fl suffering that Strange Fruit evokes gives credence to the statement by Seeger - "There are no great movements that do not have great music" at their core.
		"Strange Fruit," at about 57 minutes long, will fit an effective niche in the PBS world and should be mandatory viewing by all students old enough to understand the meaning and importance of the haunting song.
	www.reelingreviews.com /strangefruit.htm (833 words)

	California Newsreel - STRANGE FRUIT
		Strange Fruit is the first documentary exploring the history and legacy of the Billie Holiday classic.
		The schoolteacher who penned Strange Fruit under the pseudonym Lewis Allan was named Abel Meeropol, the same Abe Meeropol who adopted the two sons of "atom bomb spies" Julius and Ethel Rosenberg after their 1953 execution.
		Strange Fruit captures with vivid imagery the history of a song that created immediate controversy as a grim reminder of a necessarily painful and ugly chapter in American history.
	www.newsreel.org /nav/title.asp?tc=CN0136 (842 words)

	Skytopia Fruit Emporium: exotic fruit pictures & rankings
		Surely the most bitter/acidic fruit, the humble lemon gets the award for the fruit most used as a flavour but something which is rarely eaten raw.
		Looking like a strange kind of onion (or plant bulb for that matter), this weird fruit could be said to have the taste of a slightly salty watermelon or a 'subtle' version of a pear.
		A semi-exotic fruit, the kiwi, also known as the 'Chinese gooseberry', is awesome in its subtlety of flavour - and is superior in every way to the watermelon.
	www.skytopia.com /project/fruit/fruit.html (5646 words)

	Strange Fruit
		The applause grew louder and a bit less tentative as "Strange Fruit" became a nightly ritual for Holiday, then one of her most successful records, then one of her signature songs, at least in those places where it was safe to perform.
		Surely a song that forced a nation to confront its darkest impulses, a song that maligned an entire portion of the country, did not win her any friends in high places who might have cut her some slack as she degenerated into substance abuse and assorted scrapes with the law.
		After its initial run of popularity, "Strange Fruit" fell into disuse for many years—the victim of the conservatism of one era, the idealism and hopefulness of another, and the disillusionment of a third.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/m/margolick-fruit.html (1729 words)

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		The applause grew louder and less tentative as "Strange Fruit" became a nightly ritual for Holiday, then one of her signature songs, at least where it could be safely performed.
		Apart from "Strange Fruit," he is best known for writing the lyrics of "The House I Live In," a paean to tolerance sung by Frank Sinatra in an Oscar-winning short subject in 1945.
		Wilson, Down Beat's "Female Vocalist of the Year" two years ago, said that when she first heard "Strange Fruit," in her native Jackson, Mississippi, in the late 1970s, it "made my skin crawl." Many years had to pass before she felt she had the wisdom, the experience, and the courage to perform it.
	www.ladyday.net /stuf/vfsept98.html (4562 words)

	Strange Fruit
		Disturbed by a photograph of a lynching, the teacher wrote the stark verse and brooding melody under the pseudonym Lewis Allan in the late 1930s.
		The tale of "Strange Fruit" -- its genesis, impact and continuing relevance -- is an amazingly complex one that weaves together the lives of African Americans, immigrant Jews, anticommunist government officials, civil rights leaders, radical Leftist teachers and organizers, music publishers, record company executives and jazz musicians.
		In many ways, the story of the song and its writer and interpreters is as moving and oddly haunting as the song itself.
	www.nathanielturner.com /strangefruit.htm (645 words)

	Strange Fruit
		he Fruit of Islam is the Nation of Islam's official security force, better known as its paramilitary wing.
		In addition to the Fruit of Islam security corps, it is alleged that the NOI controls a highly organised security empire comprising some eight different businesses, responsible for patrolling state-funded housing projects.
		Although established as individual entities and incorporated separately, NOI officials have acknowledged that the security firms operate under the direction and control of Farrakhan and his lieutenants.
	www.aijac.org.au /review/1998/231/noi2.html (738 words)

	STRANGE FRUIT NEWSDESK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Strange Fruit officially ended on Saturday 22 November 2003, at the end of the last night of our festival.
		The Strange Fruit Collective have all disbanded and gone their separate ways, and this website will no longer be updated until one of us decides to do something new or we decide to start putting on shows again.
		Featuring two of the Strange Fruit Collective, Paul and Clare, and playing the best and most eclectic in pop, indie, dance, soul, r'n'b and pretty much whatever else would be good to dance to, Crimes Against Pop takes place on the first Saturday every month at the Buffalo Bar, Highbury and Islington.
	www.strange-fruit.co.uk /NEWS.htm (456 words)

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		Anna M.C. Strange Fruit: A Labyrinth Lesson A Dubiously Moral, Speculative Sillyfic about the Virtues of Sharing Although the most salient feature of the Bog of Eternal Stench was, of course, its smell, it earned equally high marks for its cacophony of revolting sound effects.
		After all, she'd landed in the hospital having her stomach pumped that one time she'd devoured half a bushful of strange fruit in second grade.
		She snatched the fruit from his hands eagerly, greedily, prepared to devour her doom with grotesque enthusiasm.
	www.marysia.com /labyrinth/fanfic/strangefruit.txt (1549 words)

	Amazon.com: Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Cafe Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights: Books: David Margolick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For the author, "Strange Fruit" was a protest act on par with Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus years later, and he notes the influence the song has had on poets, singers, and writers as diverse as Maya Angelou, Cassandra Wilson, and Natalie Merchant.
		The song, "Strange Fruit," became one of Holiday's signature pieces, eliciting strong emotions in fl and white audiences alike.
		David Margolick has collected comments and anecdotes about Strange Fruit and Holidays performance from a wide variety of sources musicians who worked with her, people who saw her perform the song at different time in her life, and contemporary singers who have recorded the song or performed it.
	www.amazon.com /STRANGE-FRUIT-Holiday-society-rights/dp/0762406771 (2076 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Weekend \| Strange fruit
		When supermarkets first moved into fruit and veg in the mid-1970s, they, too, bought from these markets, but in the 1980s they began restructuring supply channels to give them more control.
		This level of control matters, because fruit and veg are a vital weapon in the overall struggle for market share between rival chains.
		In the 1970s, when supermarkets made inroads into fruit and vegetable retailing, growers had the choice to stick with the declining wholesale markets or deal with the supermarkets.
	www.guardian.co.uk /weekend/story/0,3605,786430,00.html (3597 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Extracts \| Strange Fruit by David Margolick
		Strange Fruit is one of the most potent protest songs ever written.
		In fact, it is possible that what inspired him to write Strange Fruit was a double lynching that took place north of the Mason Dixon line - in Marion, Indiana, in 1930 - immortalised in a shocking and widely publicised photograph.
		Strange Fruit was circled, with the admonitions "Watch" and "Do not play" printed next to it.
	books.guardian.co.uk /extracts/story/0,6761,438883,00.html (3239 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Magazine \| Strange fruit
		Pack-sold fruit and veg must be of a largely uniform size and weight, so they can carry the same price.
		Conventionally-farmed fruit often tastes better, she says, but much of this never reaches the shelves because it doesn't look the part.
		Tons of fruit are thrown away every year because the EU doesn't think their bananas are the right shape, therefore they can't export them.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4326444.stm (2329 words)

	CD Baby: THE STRANGE FRUIT PROJECT: Soul Travelin'
		Strange fruit is exactly what it is, but the vine is fine and the nectar is exploding with flavor.
		Strange, it seems like groups like this one, were in abundance at one time.
		Strange Fruit Project's second album is, to me, hip hop in it's purest sense.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/strangefruit2 (3431 words)

	Strange Fruit \| PopMatters Television Review
		Joel Katz's Strange Fruit is a meditation on the song of the same name that chillingly relates the story of a lynching.
		Written by a Jewish American from the Bronx and famously recorded in 1939 by Billie Holiday, the song is presented in the film as the root of the union between American activism and arts.
		Abel Meeropol's place in that history, however, has been obscured by general misconceptions about the authorship of the song, as well as Holiday's own assertions in later years, including her claim that the song was written specifically for her and that she put it to music.
	www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/s/strange-fruit.shtml (981 words)

	Strange Fruit - Movie Info - Moviefone
		Synopsis: Made famous by singer Billie Holiday in an unforgettable 1939 recording, the haunting anti-lynching anthem "Strange Fruit" was not, as many believe,...
		Strange Fruit (2004) I was fortunate to catch this movie at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
		Strange Fruit - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /movie/strange-fruit/1224566/main (139 words)

	CD Baby: STRANGE FRUIT: From Divine
		i cant front strange fruit, little brother, slum village and thier seperate affilitates got me open and i'm hard on musiq and lyrics..
		There's nothing strange about Strange Fruit, only positive lyrics and eclectic musical proficiency are represented on the "From Divine" album.
		Their jazzy and soulfully melodic brand of expression will give you a much needed break from the mental and visual walls of social imprisonment that most popular music places us in today, a la B.E.T. The very presence of Strange Fruit proves that there is much more to life than 106 and Park.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/strangefruit (721 words)

	Strange Fruit Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Strange Fruit Records is an independent record label in the United Kingdom.
		The label, established by John Peel in the 1990s, is the primary distributor of BBC concert recordings, including Peel Sessions albums.
		Strange Fruit also licenses albums released on other labels, such as Latent Records in Canada, for release in the UK, and re-releases older out-of-print albums by British classic rock artists such as Small Faces, Mott the Hoople, Humble Pie and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strange_Fruit_Records (155 words)

	Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday Songfacts
		He also wrote the lyrics to the song "The House I Live In," which was recorded by Frank Sinatra, as well as "Beloved Comrade," which was often sung in tributes to Franklin Roosevelt, and "Apples, Peaches, and Cherries," which was recorded by Peggy Lee.
		In 1971, Meeropol said, "I wrote Strange Fruit because I hate lynching, I hate injustice, and I hate the people who perpetuate it." Victims of lynchings were people who were marginalized from society, and most were fl men.
		They were lynched for a variety of reasons, often because they did something to upset a prominent member of the community, who would then organize a mob to track down and kill the victim.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=543 (897 words)

	Strange Fruit (1940) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was during my stint at Café that a song was born which became my personal protest -- "Strange Fruit." The germ of the song was in a poem written by Lewis Allen.
		Not many other singers ever tried to do "Strange Fruit." I never tried to discourage them, but audiences did.
		Strange Fruit, which amassed a host of fans among the intelligentsia and the left."
	www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/parton/2/strange.html (516 words)

	Whiskey Bar: Strange Fruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Strange that you would choose to criticize others for their anger over seeing fellow Americans burnt and tortured while completely ignoring the atrocity itself.
		Strange, isn't it, that while all was death and mayhem in the south, as reported by the Baathists, in the north where Sadam had no sway they managed to flourish.
		Meeropol (the co-writer of "Strange Fruit") wasn't adopted by the Rosenbergs, the Rosenberg children were adopted by the Meeropols after their parents were killed by the state.
	billmon.org /archives/001316.html (16672 words)

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		While Strange Fruit may be well known in other Australian capitals and regional centres, audiences at this Tasmania premiere had a big surprise coming when the first performer swung down from the sky at a more than 90-degree angle.
		What makes Strange Fruit successful is its commitment to grand, mostly free performances in public spaces.
		However, all eight Strange Fruit members looked as vital and fresh in every performance as the first and continued to make it look as easy as flying.
	www.abc.net.au /arts/island/s271417.htm (394 words)

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