The history of the antilynching song that became imprinted on the cultural consciousness through the performances of Billie Holiday. |
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She continued her antilynching crusade, first as a staff writer for the New York Age and then as a lecturer and organizer of antilynching societies. |
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Aided by his fair skin, he made on-the-spot investigations of lynchings and race riots and conducted a vigorous, sustained drive for enactment of a federal antilynching law. |
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