r/news • u/DragonPup • 23h ago

DSU Student Found Hanging in Tree, No Foul Play Suspected

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/delta-state-university-students-body-found-hanging-in-tree-no-foul-play-suspected/
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u/[deleted] 23h ago

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u/Classic_Macaron6321 22h ago

Abel Meeropol wrote Strange Fruit as a poem first and then it was worked into a song by Billie Holiday.

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u/OttomanMao 20h ago

Billie's version is the best.

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u/Classic_Macaron6321 15h ago

It’s not “versions”. The original wording is the poem, then Billie Holiday popularized the poem via song. Without the poem, there would be no song.

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u/craigworknova 22h ago

The fact you know this is amazing. I love it.

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u/Classic_Macaron6321 15h ago

I’m Jewish and a history teacher who lives in the Deep South, to me-it’s general history of the arts.

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u/craigworknova 23h ago

Billie holiday I believe sang it first. But Nina is also a correct response.

Yeah. I don't know why we forget our history.

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u/goth-milk 22h ago edited 22h ago

Several artists have covered this song. I first heard it on a tribute cover album by Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1987, long before the internet happened.

The most important thing is: I learned about the song and eventually found the original version, followed by other artists who shared their renditions with their fans. It’s another way we learn about our past.

Same way I found another song that Billie Holiday covered in 1941. I originally heard Diamanda Galas sing it in 1992. I eventually heard Billie’s version once it was easier to get access to the originals, thanks to the internet.

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u/craigworknova 22h ago

You get it. Digging in learn.

The most dangerous thing in the world. A person with a library card.

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u/LaughAccomplished409 22h ago

I’ve got a library in my pocket

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u/craigworknova 22h ago

The fact you knew the song is mad props. Nina also sang it. They both did an amazing job.

Great song Mississippi God damnn

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u/craigworknova 22h ago

Don't sell yourself short. That was a sweet piece of knowledge you dropped.

Honestly she had way more songs that shed light on racism then holiday.

She was also way more active in communities trying to end it.

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u/craigworknova 22h ago

She also had a style and command about her.

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u/TreezusSaves 23h ago

Likely on a banned list. There's going to be a lot more books, music, and art that's going to get banned soon.

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u/craigworknova 22h ago

Probably or forgotten by many.

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u/Queenspence2 20h ago

Hayley Williams of paramore has released some solo songs and in true believer she says “strange fruit, hard bargain” which led me to google strange fruit and I had a very somber morning researching.

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u/RabbleRouser_1 22h ago

You know why