01730cam a2200313 i 4500 332730325 TxAuBib 20171027120000.0 170222s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016655641 9781467751230 19.99 1467751235 19.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda Golio, Gary. Strange fruit [BOOK] : Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song / Gary Golio ; illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb. Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2017. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Silence. That was the response at Cafe Society the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but his song wasn't either of those things, . It was a song aboutinjustice, and it would change her life forever. Discover how two outsiders- Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants- combined their talents to create a song that challenged racism and paved the way fro the civil rights movement." -- inside book cover. 870L Lexile. 20171103. Holiday, Billie 1915-1959 Juvenile literature. Allan, Lewis 1903-1986 Juvenile literature. Lynching United States History Juvenile literature. Riley-Webb, Charlotte.