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those later iterations volumes about holliday and the life.he went on to live but obscure how radical the song the singer originally had been that day in the studio. billie holiday, all of 24 years old, was jaunty, cocky, defiant, proud. there is no weeping nor histrionics. her tone was languorous, unflinching, raw yet smooth, youthful, yet worldly, spitting out reference to southern gallantry and fragrant magnolias. i even noticed the way, she said, sweet and fresh fresh. she radiated contempt rather than anger or grief. no longer would you have to go down to sheridan to hear strange fruit. there's now the record. this is about phonograph record, which is obsessed me for two days. samuel grafton, again, of the new york post, wrote. october 1939. it is called strange fruit and it will, even after the 10th hearing, make blink and hold on to your chair. even now as i think of it the short hair on the back of my neck tightens and. i want to hit somebody and i think. i know who it was. grafton went on a fantastically powerful piece of art. one whi
those later iterations volumes about holliday and the life.he went on to live but obscure how radical the song the singer originally had been that day in the studio. billie holiday, all of 24 years old, was jaunty, cocky, defiant, proud. there is no weeping nor histrionics. her tone was languorous, unflinching, raw yet smooth, youthful, yet worldly, spitting out reference to southern gallantry and fragrant magnolias. i even noticed the way, she said, sweet and fresh fresh. she radiated contempt...
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those later iterations volumes about holliday and the life.he went on to live but obscure how radical the song the singer originally had been that day in the studio. billie holiday, all of 24 years old, was jaunty, cocky, defiant, proud. there is no weeping nor histrionics. her tone was languorous, unflinching, raw yet smooth, youthful, yet worldly, spitting out reference to southern gallantry and fragrant magnolias. i even noticed the way, she said, sweet and fresh fresh. she radiated contempt rather than anger or grief. no longer would you have to go down to sheridan to hear strange fruit. there's now the record. this is about phonograph record, which is obsessed me for two days. samuel grafton, again, of the new york post, wrote. october 1939. it is called strange fruit and it will, even after the 10th hearing, make blink and hold on to your chair. even now as i think of it the short hair on the back of my neck tightens and. i want to hit somebody and i think. i know who it was. grafton went on a fantastically powerful piece of art. one whi
those later iterations volumes about holliday and the life.he went on to live but obscure how radical the song the singer originally had been that day in the studio. billie holiday, all of 24 years old, was jaunty, cocky, defiant, proud. there is no weeping nor histrionics. her tone was languorous, unflinching, raw yet smooth, youthful, yet worldly, spitting out reference to southern gallantry and fragrant magnolias. i even noticed the way, she said, sweet and fresh fresh. she radiated contempt...
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andy garcia as the sharpshooting doc holliday figure. we even have a movie. wyatt, from the 1994 film wyatt earp, kevin costner as ness. and there's an okay corral type shootout at the train station. i wrote a biography of the pioneering black filmmaker oscar micheaux, and his first book, a marvel version of his early life story called conquest the story of a -- homesteader, published in 1930, is generally accepted as a remarkably accurate history of the homesteading era, carved out in part in parts of the rosebud reservation. even today, i wrote in my book, historians consider it one of the best eyewitness accounts of the early 20th century land boom in south dakota, with its feuds among gregory county and county towns over train routes, county governments and, other commercial bragging rights micheaux sketched in local from notorious outlaws to town drugs, names usually disguised, but sometimes micheaux rewrote the conquest into his third novel, the homesteader in 1917, and used the sales of the book to launch his first motion picture
andy garcia as the sharpshooting doc holliday figure. we even have a movie. wyatt, from the 1994 film wyatt earp, kevin costner as ness. and there's an okay corral type shootout at the train station. i wrote a biography of the pioneering black filmmaker oscar micheaux, and his first book, a marvel version of his early life story called conquest the story of a -- homesteader, published in 1930, is generally accepted as a remarkably accurate history of the homesteading era, carved out in part in...
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mary anderson, billie holliday. they are not in my field that these are women who have, i can't even imagine i mean i can imagine what it was like back then trying to accomplish what they have accomplished and accomplished enough that they are it. and that's a lot the night by her people who have had tough times and have persevered. men and women who i look at as role models. >> okay, that's wonderful. we have so many more questions i know i know we are coming up on time so i am going to go to the back soap people are mad at me for choosing these amazing questions that let's less fun for us but on a lighter note what fun activities have you done or will you do for black history month in what ways do you suggest that people can celebrate? c i enjoyed this. >> it's a party in here. >> no, i enjoy as i said this great stuff that's coming up on twitter on link van and all these plot -- linkedin and history in there so much more. every year there's more and we find more ways to educate even while their cities and states.
mary anderson, billie holliday. they are not in my field that these are women who have, i can't even imagine i mean i can imagine what it was like back then trying to accomplish what they have accomplished and accomplished enough that they are it. and that's a lot the night by her people who have had tough times and have persevered. men and women who i look at as role models. >> okay, that's wonderful. we have so many more questions i know i know we are coming up on time so i am going to...
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i have always hairy at tubman my ultimate role model marian anderson billie holliday. it's not in my field these women who have, i can't even imagine. i'm a black american but i can imagine back then trying to accomplish what they accomplished and accomplishing it enough, that's a lot and i admire people who have made it through very tough times. they were men and women who i look at as role models. >> that's wonderful. we have so many moree questions and i know we are coming up s on time so i am going to choose one from the backs of people are mad at me for choosing one out of these amazing questions. let's just pick the last 11. on a lighter note aside from this event what fun activities have you done or will you do for black history month in what ways do you suggest that peoplee can celebrate? >> i enjoyed this. >> it's a party in here. >> and we are having fun. >> i enjoy as i said the great stuff that's coming up on twitter on link van and all these platforms and history. there's so much more now and every year there will be more as we find different ways to educa
i have always hairy at tubman my ultimate role model marian anderson billie holliday. it's not in my field these women who have, i can't even imagine. i'm a black american but i can imagine back then trying to accomplish what they accomplished and accomplishing it enough, that's a lot and i admire people who have made it through very tough times. they were men and women who i look at as role models. >> that's wonderful. we have so many moree questions and i know we are coming up s on time...
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this is katie ryan and sam holliday, who are the two key staff members who have been putting this together. so raise your hand and they will you a card to write your write your question on and we do that. we have been joined by the artist that i told you about. cedar would you stand up? this is cedar hunt. who? the artist and. comes to us from montana and even brought her mother. so we welcome we welcome and her mom and if you if you get an opportunity to talk to her the piece is got a whole sense of history. it's it's ledger art and it is imposed the kind of ledgers that were required for so many native people that somehow white folks felt like the native people couldn't handle their own finances. so there was a ledger that they had to go to get their own money. and that's that's a little bit of the story. but you'll see there will be with us a while. so take a moment. talk to this talented young woman. okay. question during 1924, federal act consideration and it did the legislature consider any state level barriers that was any of that taken into consideration. shows so you know as a as
this is katie ryan and sam holliday, who are the two key staff members who have been putting this together. so raise your hand and they will you a card to write your write your question on and we do that. we have been joined by the artist that i told you about. cedar would you stand up? this is cedar hunt. who? the artist and. comes to us from montana and even brought her mother. so we welcome we welcome and her mom and if you if you get an opportunity to talk to her the piece is got a whole...