Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Lewis Allan

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Topic

Lynching Black experience

Author

Lewis Allan

Source

Strange Fruit

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Songwriter

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Allan, Lewis. "Strange Fruit." Performed by Billie Holiday. Commodore Records, 1939.

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Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes
Source
Let America Be America Again
Medium
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Language
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Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Let America Be America Again." Esquire Magazine, July 1936.