En el principio hay una foto, un tipo de ojos desorbitados mirando a cámara y señalando lo que para él debería ser el referente fotográfico, expresivo en sí mismo. Sin embargo el plano es más amplio, y además de Thomas Shipp y Abram Smith colgando de unos árboles después de haber sido linchados, están todos [...]

An ode to billie on the anniversary of her death. Strange Fruit is said to be the first anti-racism song to hit mainstream culture.

Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

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Rare Live Footage of one of the firtst anti rascism songs ever.