Strange Fruit
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Strange Fruit

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Time Out says

Taking its name and power from Billie Holiday's haunting, iconic protest song, Strange Fruit comes to Joe's Pub on Thursday, February 26 as a vital reminder that history must not repeat itself. Holiday's lyrics exposed the terror of lynching and racial violence against Black bodies in America—here, each live performance "becomes an act of protest, reframing the song as a modern expression of power, remembrance, and resistance in response to today’s political climate," say organizers. 

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