Civil Rights Movement

1. What do you know about the civil rights movement in the 1950s in the US?

2. Look at the video at the link:
Write down important dates, events and places!

3. Now read the lyrics for the song below, and, if you like, watch Billie Holliday sing it.

Lyrics | Billie Holiday lyrics - Strange Fruit lyrics

a) What is the strange fruit?
b)"This is a strange and bitter crop" ends the song. If you think that a crop is a result of something you planted - try to elaborate on the topic, what has been planted, by whom, and what, except the "strange fruit", will be the bitter crop, for many years to come?

4. Look up the term "Black Power" and see what it means.
How is the Black Power Movement different from the Civil Rights Movement?

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