Billie Holiday Review

Rest in power, Lady Day. Your voice is still the blueprint. 🎙️🖤

The song—a mournful dirge against the lynchings of Black Americans—was so powerful that her record label refused to record it. [33] She recorded it anyway with Commodore Records, and it is now considered by many to be the "beginning of the Civil Rights Movement." [13, 17] Billie Holiday

If you’re in , you can visit the Billie Holiday Statue at the corner of Lafayette and Pennsylvania Avenues to pay your respects to the girl who grew up in the city’s rich jazz scene. [12, 28] Expand map Rest in power, Lady Day