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What a talented and bold lady! I'm sorry Billie had to suffer like that.

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Me too. They did her dirty. Thank God her legacy and story lives on as history attempts to repeat itself so often.

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She lived the life she sang about.

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Thanks for the history lesson. Poor Billie.

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Damn…it’s like we never learn. “Strange Fruit” is a haunting song.

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Thank you for a beautiful article. It opened my eyes. She was such a beautiful gift with no one to protect her from our country’s ignorant policies. I’m so concerned those political ideologies are snaking their way back.

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