abstract:Strange Fruit is a 1944 bestselling novel debut by American author Lillian Smith that dealt with the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance. The title was originally Jordan is so Chilly, with Smith later changing the title to Strange Fruit.
It was here that Billy Holiday first sang a song called "Strange Fruit."
VOA: special.2010.02.28
But it was a huge hit. Here is Billie Holiday singing "Strange Fruit."
VOA: special.2010.02.28
Breadfruit plants would be dug up in Tahiti-he'd tasted the strangefruit when a native had traded one for a string of glass beads-and then be transported to the West Indies.
Its free roster of dance, theatre, music and visual art performances includes the Garden, a gravity-defying piece of outdoor theatre from the British disabled theatre company Graeae and the Australia-based company StrangeFruit.