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Poetry in America. 4, You can say that again, billie /

Billie Holiday's haunting song "Strange Fruit" winds beneath the unsettling, satiric humor of Evie Shockley's poem "you can say that again, billie." Shockley, jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, historian Robin D.G. Kelley, actor Lisa Gay Hamilton, novelist Beverly Lowry, and...

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Other Authors: New, Elisa (Director), Wilson, Cassandra, 1955- (Speaker), Kelley, Robin D. G. (Speaker), Hamilton, Lisa Gay, 1964- (Speaker), Lowry, Beverly (Speaker), Spitzer, Nicholas R. (Speaker)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2022.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Shockley, Evie, > 1965- > Poems. > Selections.
White nationalism > Poetry.
Race discrimination > Poetry.
American poetry > Southern States.
American poetry.
Discrimination raciale > Poésie.
Poésie américaine > États-Unis (Sud)
Poésie américaine.
Nationalisme blanc > Poésie.
American poetry
Race discrimination
White nationalism
Southern States
Documentary television programs
Poetry
Documentary television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Billie Holiday's haunting song "Strange Fruit" winds beneath the unsettling, satiric humor of Evie Shockley's poem "you can say that again, billie." Shockley, jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, historian Robin D.G. Kelley, actor Lisa Gay Hamilton, novelist Beverly Lowry, and radio host Nick Spitzer join Elisa New to discuss the history of racism, violence, and artistic tradition in the American south.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 10, 2022).
Physical Description:1 online resource (26 minutes)
Playing Time:00:25:30