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Billie Holiday singing a song about lynching, written in 1936 by Abel Meeropool. Meeropool’s family adopted the two sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Michael and Robert, after their parents were executed. In 1990, Robert Meeropol went on to found the Rosenberg Fund for Children, a public foundation which provides support for children in the U.S. whose parents are targeted, progressive activists.
Thanks to YouTuber MonsieurBaudelaire
It is a remarkable song but I cannot bear to listen to it. It is too sad!! m
True, and Billie Holliday’s rendition is pretty heartbreaking.