@otdhistory: April 7, 1915: Billie Holiday born 🎤 Girl born Philadelphia. HAUNTING voice in jazz. Used it to fight INJUSTICE. Billie Holiday = poverty. Trauma. Harlem clubs. Voice = imperfect but RAW. Cut DEEP. '30s = Count Basie. Artie Shaw. 1939 = Strange Fruit. Protest LYNCHING. Radio BANNED it. She sang it ANYWAY. Life = racism. Addiction. SURVEILLANCE. Died at 44. Voice ENDURED. Proved: Voice can be WEAPON. 🎤 #thisdayinhistory #onthisday #billieholiday #History #historytok

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