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Archives of Sexuality & Gender includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, interviews, personal letters, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS. Part of Gale’s Archives of Sexuality & Gender.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Silence. That was the response at Cafe Society the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but her song wasn't either of those things. It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever. Discover how two outsiders -- Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants -- combined their...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Once there was a little slip of a boy who roamed the streets of London, hungry for life (and maybe a bit of bread). His dad long gone and his actress mother ailing, five-year-old Charlie found himself onstage one day taking his mum's place, singing and drawing laughs amid a shower of coins. There were times in the poorhouse and times spent sitting in the window at home with Mum, making up funny stories about passersby. And when Charlie described a...
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