This week the Library of Congress announced it has placed its collection of Gottlieb jazz images on flickr - “no copyright restrictions known”. There are 219 pictures from which to choose, but, of course, I wanted to share this great shot of Billie Holiday. This week’s prompt, though, is an aural one: listen to her famous protest song Strange Fruit and respond … any way you can.

This week the Library of Congress announced it has placed its collection of Gottlieb jazz images on flickr - “no copyright restrictions known”. There are 219 pictures from which to choose, but, of course, I wanted to share this great shot of Billie Holiday.

This week’s prompt, though, is an aural one: listen to her famous protest song Strange Fruit and respond … any way you can.

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This week the Library of Congress announced it has placed its collection of Gottlieb jazz images on flickr - “no copyright restrictions known”. There are 219 pictures from which to choose, but, of course, I wanted to share this great shot of Billie Holiday. This week’s prompt, though, is an aural one: listen to her famous protest song Strange Fruit and respond … any way you can.

This week the Library of Congress announced it has placed its collection of Gottlieb jazz images on flickr - “no copyright restrictions known”. There are 219 pictures from which to choose, but, of course, I wanted to share this great shot of Billie Holiday.

This week’s prompt, though, is an aural one: listen to her famous protest song Strange Fruit and respond … any way you can.

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