The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

#Her voice would not be silenced.


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2h 11m 2021 HD

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."


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