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Write a paragraph answer to the question below. 1. In your opinion, what makes the song, "Strange Fruit" so powerful? INTRODUCE YOUR PARAGRAPH WITH A TOPIC SENTENCE DESCRIBING THE SONG, SINGER, and DATE it was written. (Provide some background) You should explain it first, and then give your opinion. | According to the Center for Constitutional Rights, between 1882 and 1968, mobs lynched 4,743 persons in the United States, over 70 percent of them African Americans. Billie Holiday was an African American jazz singer. Her song “Strange Fruit” was written in 1939 and quickly became the anthem for the anti-lynching movement. The haunting lyrics and melody made it impossible for white Americans and politicians to continue to ignore the Southern campaign of racist terror. |