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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The deepest definition of Youth is, Life as yet untouched by tragedy.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Topic
Youth

Author

Alfred North Whitehead
Source
Adventures of Ideas
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Adventures of Ideas. The Macmillan Company/Simon and Schuster, 1933, ch. 20, sec. 5.