Strange Fruit - How far removed are we today?
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Check out this excellent story about the lynching 80 years ago that inspired the poem Strange Fruit. (I recommend listening to it to hear it told in people's own voices.) Note especially the composition and mentality of the lynch mob. How far removed from such mentalities are we really today?
Check out this excellent story about the lynching 80 years ago that inspired the poem Strange Fruit. (I recommend listening to it to hear it told in people's own voices.) Note especially the composition and mentality of the lynch mob. How far removed from such mentalities are we really today?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXdnD39GYVU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5KMWnNbYXc
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http://aalbc.com/reviews/strange_fruit.htm
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