Strange Fruit 22 Sep 2010 13 Dec 2011 Print You can find the lyrics here. Interesting information about other protest songs Emmett Till –Another touching example of lynchings Lyrics of Bob Dylan’s “The Death of Emmett Till” Post your ideas and findings here, please.
Brief summary of American History:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzo9pOXa-s
Something about the impact
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit#Impact
The death of Emmett Till
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywc3YFeMiYE
This is the link to an article of the internet newspaper “The Huffington Post” which is about the pro-lynching song of Toby Keith.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/toby-keiths-pro-lynching_b_115526.html
Here are also some information about “Strange Fruit” and any other protest songs:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/strangefruit/protest.html
Although it isn’t really our theme I’ve found a strange article which is a little bit older but really interesting.
It claryfies the structure in the KKK and their ideas.
I’m so sorry, but it is in german;-)
http://www.focus.de/panorama/reportage/tid-9713/ku-klux-klan-fuehrer-obama-wird-nicht-lange-praesident-sein_aid_297020.html
Here is an article about lynchings too.
http://www.english.illinois.edu/MAPS/poets/g_l/lynching/lynching.htm
http://www.democracynow.org/2005/6/14/strange_fruit_anthem_of_the_anti
Here you can find a lot of interesting informations, i think. :)
http://aalbc.com/reviews/strange_fruit.htm
this is a movie trailer of the film ” strange fruit,i think this is really interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TeL8JBg1lQ
I also congratulate you on this comment, Soenke =)
The following article is quite long but very interesting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/feb/16/culture.features
And another popular song about racism is “Ebony and Ivory” by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder as well as “The KKK took my baby away” by The Ramones.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/feb2002/frut-f08.shtml