Lady Sings the Blues (book)
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Lady Sings the Blues is an autobiography novel by jazz singer Billie Holiday
, it was co-authored by William Dufty
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The book was the basis of the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross
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before the rise of the Civil Rights movement
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Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...
, it was co-authored by William Dufty
William Dufty
William Francis Dufty was an American writer, and nutrition activist. Including ghostwriting, he wrote approximately 40 books.-Biography:...
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The book was the basis of the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
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Overview
The life story of jazz singer Billie Holiday told in her own words. Holiday writes candidly of sexual abuse, confinment to institutions, heroin addiction, and the struggles of being African AmericanAfrican American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
before the rise of the Civil Rights movement
Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolent forms of resistance. In some situations it was...
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