Notes

Lawrence Beitler’s photograph of an awful 1930 double-lynching in Marion, Indiana, fertilized “Strange Fruit.”

Some songs entertain… others change the world.  Learn about one of the latter — a song inspired by an awful, true event, written by a leftist organizer and immortalized by one of the greatest voices in jazz — in this episode of NOTES.

For more on “Strange Fruit,” see “The Importance of Strange Fruit.”

 

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