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Holiday was born in 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. It explores the impact of Holiday’s song on the existing racial tensions in America and how her decision to continue singing it for audiences left her as a target for the FBI. Billie Holiday depicts the history of one woman’s civil rights fight, with only her voice as her weapon. The Hulu Original, Golden Globe®Award-winning film The United States vs. Considered to be one of the greatest jazz vocalists of the ’30s and into the late ’50s, “Lady Day” captivated sold-out theaters with her raspy renditions of “All of Me” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business.” It was the track titled, “Strange Fruit,” however, that haunted the country during a time of severe racial tension following Congress’ decision to reject a bill criminalizing the lynching of Black Americans.
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