ABOUT US
STRANGER FRUIT IS INSPIRED BY “STRANGE FRUIT," ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PROTEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN, A HAUNTING EUPHEMISM FOR THE LYNCHED BODIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS HANGING AND SWAYING FROM TREES, MADE FAMOUS BY BILLIE HOLIDAY, THE JAZZ DIVA.
STRANGER FRUIT BRINGS AUDACIOUS, MILLENNIAL AND GEN Z VOICES TOGETHER TO DEBATE TODAY’S MOST POLARIZING TOPICS, UNPACK OUR DIVERSE, BLACK/BIPOC PERSPECTIVES AND SHARE OUR STORIES IN HOPES OF DISCOVERING WHAT ELSE WE HAVE IN COMMON.
STRANGER FRUIT noun
[ streyn-jer früt ]
1 fruitful conversation among strangers.
2 brave one(s) committed to combating anti-Blackness & discrimination everywhere.