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Tag Archives: Billie Holiday
ON THIS DAY: April 20, 2018
April 20th is UN Chinese Language Day * International Cli-Fi Day * Cheddar Fries Day Pot Smokers (420) Day Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day _________________________________________ MORE! Joan Miró, Frances Ames and Jin Xiang, click
ON THIS DAY: January 18, 2018
January 18th is Gourmet Coffee Day Peking Duck Day Thesaurus Day * Winnie the Pooh Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Peter Roget, Elena Arizmendi and Louis Mantin, click
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Tagged A.A. Milne, Billie Holiday, Damaris Cudworth Masham, Elena Arizmendi, Louis Mantin, Peter Roget, Sir Thomas Sopwith
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ON THIS DAY: April 20, 2017
April 20th is UN Chinese Language Day * International Cli-Fi Day * Cheddar Fries Day Kickball Day * National High Five Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Johann Agricola, Billie Holiday and Jin Xiang, click
ON THIS DAY: April 7, 2017
April 7th is Coffee Cake Day National Beer Day * International Beaver Day * International Snailpapers Day * National Walk to Work Day * World Health Organization Day * Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide * … Continue reading
Billie Holiday, Abe Meeropol, and “Strange Fruit”—the Famous Song about Lynching Black People in America
By Elaine Magliaro Eleanora Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, was a famous American jazz singer and song writer. One of her “most iconic” songs is Strange Fruit, which was first recorded in 1939. Elizabeth Blair (NPR) called the song … Continue reading