Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The ...
she and her mom are 13 years apart.she was raped.she went to jail for skipping school while she was raped.she was 44 when she died.she had 3 husbands no children
She sang in a way that no other African American sang. She was the best wrapper/singer in the history of black singers. She opened the eyes of mostNegroes and turned their lives around. She sang in...
Sadie Fagan, Billie Holiday's mother, was kicked out of her parents' house when she (Sadie) was 13 because she became pregnant. Because of uncertainty regarding the early years, little more is known...