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Black Musicians Who Were Targeted By The FBI and Other Law Enforcement
For decades, the FBI has kept a close eye on Black musicians and other artists they saw as a threat to the status quo.
Billy Idol nearly died from heroin overdose at peak of his music career
Legendary rocker Billy Idol shares how Mel Gibson found him unconscious during a chaotic Thailand trip at the peak of his ...
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‘The United States Vs. Billie Holiday’ Trailer: Lee Daniels Tackles The Intersection Of The War On Drugs & A Jazz Legend
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Rapp on Jazz: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan on April 7 ... Holiday achieved mainstream success in the 1930s and 1940s; however, by the late 1940s, legal issues and drug abuse led to her imprisonment. After a ...
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Billie Holiday and Strange Fruit: The Song That Angered the U.S. Government
Billie holiday risked her career to sing strange fruit and expose ... a successful Black woman challenging the status quo but also because of her struggles with drug addiction. Anslinger warned her to ...
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Billie Holiday builds herself up, then melts down
It’s also the year of Holiday’s death at age 44, after years of alcohol and drug addiction. “Singing is living to me,” Billie says. In this concert-style play by Lanie Robertson ...
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Solidarity with suffering: Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” remains a searing testament to injustice
Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence of ...
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She’s 1, 2, 5 times a ‘Lady’: Desiree Montes is back in Billie Holiday’s shoes
Desiree Montes was “terrified” the first time she portrayed legendary singer Billie Holiday. That was back ... failure after years of alcohol and drug abuse when she was only 44.
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Decades After Billie Holiday’s Death, ‘Strange Fruit’ Remains A Testament To Solidarity
(ANALYSIS) Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on ...
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Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering
Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence of drug use, then lay for hours on a ...
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Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering
Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence of ...
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'Strange Fruit': Billie Holiday song remains a testament to injustice
Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence of drug use, then lay for hours on a ...