The Lady's Last Song: The U.S. Government's War on Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday, 'Lady Day, ' was just coming into her own when she was convinced to sing 'Strange Fruit, ' a protest against lynching. That one act put her in the cross-hairs of Harry Anslinger, the man in charge of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Anslinger launched a decades-long war, not just on drugs, but on Holida

Author: Charles Ray
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 06/27/2018
Pages: 154
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.33d
ISBN: 9781721969661