By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor Jordan Peele has been compared to horror and psychological thriller giant Alfred Hitchcock and science-fiction legend Steven Spielberg, but […]
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OP-ED: Over A Century Later, Dallas’ ‘Strange Fruit’ Yields Single Crop
By Tyler Carter
Close your eyes and listen to Billie Holiday sing ‘Strange Fruit.’ Really listen. Holiday’s accentuation of “fruit” and “black bodies swinging in the southern breeze” paints vivid imagery in the mind and places you at the center of an event our ancestors are far too familiar with.