Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday, early 1950s.

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http://www.npr.org/2010/11/19/131451449/billie-holiday-emotional-power-through-song

Abel Meeropol watches as his sons, Robert and Michael, play with a train set.

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/05/158933012/the-strange-story-of-the-man-behind-strange-fruit

Billie Holiday sings Strange Fruit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=h4ZyuULy9zs