Song 10: Strange Fruit

Strange Fruit is about the mistreatment of African Americans, written in 1939. It graphically depicts the hangings that took place, vividly describing the ghastly state at which blacks were killed. I find this song to be oddly telling. Though its words are fairly simple, I can sense a deeper level of conscience in this song. I find Strange Fruit interesting; I neither like it nor dislike it, but accept the fact tht it has a deeper appeal than I can understand at this time. Nevertheless, it does speak of the hardships endured by many blacks in earlier American history.