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Pryderi

(6,772 posts) Sat Jul 13, 2013, 10:58 PM Jul 2013

Billie Holiday #StrangeFruit #NoJustice4Trayvon

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Billie Holiday #StrangeFruit #NoJustice4Trayvon (Original Post) Pryderi Jul 2013 OP

Deeply, deeply moving. another_liberal Jul 2013 #1

this heaven05 Jul 2013 #2

Billie Holliday was the best. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #3

another_liberal

(8,821 posts)

1. Deeply, deeply moving.

Reply to Pryderi (Original post)

Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:52 PM

Jul 2013

I don't know any performance which would be more appropriate to watch at this moment.

heaven05

(18,124 posts)

2. this

Reply to Pryderi (Original post)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 09:23 AM

Jul 2013

song came out of her personal experience of being on tour in the deep south and driving by the aftermath of a lynching of black people. That's right, still hanging and rotting. The 50's and lynching has been relegalized in 2013. What a shame on amerikkka.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)

3. Billie Holliday was the best.

Reply to Pryderi (Original post)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 03:10 PM

Jul 2013

There's so much evil in the world. But Zimmy won't go scott free. There's still civil court and federal court too. And if he's not locked away somewhere, he'll have to remain in hiding, justifiably fearful for his own rotten life. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes at all.

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