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Listen to “Throughline: Billie Holiday and Shirley Chisholm,” by going to wnyc.org Black History Month 2021, broadcast on February 24, 2021, 51 minutes. When Billie Holiday was harassed by U.S. government agents and told to stop singing “Strange Fruit,” she refused. When Shirley Chisholm ran for president and was ridiculed and told she shouldn’t aim that high politically, she refused. On this episode of Throughline, two pioneering Black women, Billie Holiday and Shirley Chisholm, who set their own sights and never backed down from a fight.
Essay (400 words) • Lift out three things (e.g., persons, events, ideas) that you learned, either for the first time or in getting a new perspective on from listening to “Throughline: Billie Holiday and Shirley Chisholm.” • Briefly comment on each of these three things you learned.
