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The Lady's Last Song: The U.S. Government's War on Billie Holiday
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ISBN10: 1721969667
ISBN13: 9781721969661
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 27 2018
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781721969661
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 27 2018
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Billie Holiday, 'Lady Day, ' was just coming into her own when she was convinced to sing 'Strange Fruit, ' a protest against lynching. That one act put her in the cross-hairs of Harry Anslinger, the man in charge of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Anslinger launched a decades-long war, not just on drugs, but on Holida
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