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Ive personally always held a special place in my heart for this song since I first heard Billie Holidays gritty voice utter some of the darkest lyrics Ive ever heard. I was young when I first saw a quilt at an African American museum in Detroit entitled Strange Fruit. The quilt is filled with all the names that the quilter, April Shipp, could find of those who had been lynched. She found as many names as she could, knowing that there were countless more victims. My heart broke then when I saw all of those names just as my heart breaks each time I hear of another brother or sister being killed in the name of racism and hate. This arrangement comes from the soul and begs us all to acknowledge that each and every one of us is a life worth treasuring. #Ferguson #MBIB #SistaStrings #ShowLove #handsupfdontshoot
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 01:54:17 +0000

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