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3. Well done piece. I'd not known the connection with the writer & the Rosenberg children before...
Reply to demmiblue (Original post)
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 12:40 PM
Apr 2021

I didn't connect their adoptive last names to the songwriter. An amazing story that reverberates today.

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Really interesting backstory regarding the song "Strange Fruit" (Graphic Warning): [View all] demmiblue Apr 2021 OP
Small wonder that Harry Anslinger had Holiday killed peppertree Apr 2021 #1
Anslinger is pretty much responsible for the hysterics about smoking pot. Archae Apr 2021 #5
Typical hypocrite peppertree Apr 2021 #9
A homicidal leech. dchill Apr 2021 #11
+1 peppertree Apr 2021 #13
He served under: Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy LeftInTX Apr 2021 #17
Gonna read up on her life......wow. a kennedy Apr 2021 #2
Well done piece. I'd not known the connection with the writer & the Rosenberg children before... hlthe2b Apr 2021 #3
I forgot about them...they had a rough time Historic NY Apr 2021 #10
a lynch mob. mopinko Apr 2021 #4
Sad burrowowl Apr 2021 #6
Incredible story. Thanks for posting. Pepsidog Apr 2021 #7
wow nvme Apr 2021 #8
The book "Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America" gives broader backstory. iluvtennis Apr 2021 #12
What a sad, remarkable story. Thanks for posting. nolabear Apr 2021 #14
You didn't even have to hear her voice to know she was feeling every word. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #15
+1, uponit7771 Apr 2021 #18
The video has been deleted. ???? TheRickles Apr 2021 #16
Hmm, I wonder why. demmiblue Apr 2021 #19
Thanks for the link! Looking forward to watching it, regardless of why it was blocked. TheRickles Apr 2021 #20
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