Strange Fruit

Strange Fruit In the mid 1930’s, a New York teacher by the name Abel Meeropol was stunned by an eerie photograph taken at a lynching on August 7, 1930. The revolting glimpse of the lifeless bodies hanging helplessly on a maple tree was said to “haunt” Meeropol “for days.” The sight disturbed him so much, it led him to write a poem titled, “Strange Fruit” in 1937, which was published and later converted into a song reperformed by Billie Holiday in 1939. “Strange Fruit” was significant to the…

they were being treated unequally, they were discriminated and ambushed daily. Holiday performed “Strange Fruit,” she was jeopardizing herself in terms of releasing the song out in 1939, this song made Americans look bad because they were harmful to the Africans. This song was written to get an image of how African Americans were being treated in the South between 1882 and 1968. The song “Strange Fruit” is associated with historical incidents of the South, segregation and police brutality.…

Over the years, Kanye West has used his music to create a message to represent his culture with different songs. Through his song “Blood on the Leaves,” he adapts Lewis Allan’s poem “Strange Fruit” to add a modern and personal twist while also thinking of the past. West’s lyrics read “we could’ve been somebody,” explaining his thoughts about the population of African Americans that don’t receive a fair chance at becoming something, because of race and cruelty. In the later part of the song, West…

Written by Tameka Hobbs, “Strange Fruit: An Overview of Lynching in America” goes into very explicit detail regarding the inhumane, callous, and deplorable treatment that black people faced and encountered during most of the 1800s and the first half of the 1900s. The main topic which is discussed in the chilling article is the act of lynching, which are basically punishments that are created by a community of people who decide to act independently from the court of law’s general judicial…

sapling—maybe two feet tall. It was a tropical fruit called a lychee. Lychee is a little smaller than a ping pong ball, with a rough red skin. When you peel the skin, gray fruit inside that Allison says looks like an eyeball. Does look like an eyeball but it tastes wonderful. My dad had eaten one somewhere, loved it, wanted to grow some himself. So he planted this little tree—and it grew and grew—year after year no lychees. Not even any blossoms. The man asked a fruit farmer who told him to be…

orchards. They grew things like roses, pomegranates, persimmons and dill, so those ingredients made their way into every dish from desserts and drinks to main courses. Hence, they had so many fruits that were native to Iran like dates, grapes and oranges, There are lots of tartness and citrusy -- bright, fresh, fruit flavor in Persian cuisine. However, herbs and spices in Persian cuisine uses to enhance or balance the savor of their basic ingredient. Delve into Persian Herbs and spices world is…

ABSTRACT Vitamin d is organic substance necessary in our diets for growth and development of our body. Vitamin c prevents cancer and cold. Vitamin c is present in citrus fruits . Heating effect on fruit juices were tested how they effcts on ascorbic acid present Deficiency of vitamin c is very rare in western countreis . But it is still liable in alcoholic and drug addicts .whose diet hardly includes vitamin mainly found in poor peopl. Vitamin c is no doubt important for our health but we can…

in their garden). I read the following from an article that describes why it is necessary to prune the vines in a grape arbor. Regular pruning is essential for controlling grape canes and producing quality fruit yields. Let’s…

Tapirs are large mammals that belong to the Perissodactyla order (Galetti et al. 2001). They are the only species currently present from the Pleistocene megafauna, which makes them the ideal mammal capable of dispersing large seeded fruit in Central and South America (Simpson 1980, Eisenberg 1981). Although there are currently four species of tapirs (Norman and Ashley 2000), this essay will focus on the lowland tapir, Tapirus terrestris. It is important to note that the mountain tapir, Tapirus…

My phage has the wonderful name of Lorge. This name is very special because it offers information about the phage right away. I also chose this name because the first word that Tracy said when she saw my phage was, “Wow, it’s huge!” To get this wonderful phage I collected the soil sample from the flower pots across the street outside of Bessey Hall. I got the sample at the start of class on September 11, 2017. It was a clear day that was 60 degrees, with a depth of about 4cm below the surface of…