Billie Holiday sings ” Strange Fruit ” First performed by Holiday in Cafe Society ( first integrated nightclub in Greenwich Village in 1939 )
Her recording label ( Columbia ) refused to record it (gave her a one – day recording ‘ release ‘ so she could record it with a different label , Commodore Records)
1999 Time Magazine : the ” Song of the Century”
Essay : How does this song reflect any of the following ideologies? CHOOSE ONE… Classical Liberalism , Conservatism , Socialism , Critical Western Marxism , and / or Liberation Ideology.
*1pg short essay (500words), SINGLE SPACED
