Holiday sang her heart out about the inhumanity she experienced as an African American

CREDIT: "A terrible blot on American civilization. 3424 lynchings in 33 years ... Prepared by the Committee on public affairs The Inter-fraternal council. Issued by District of Columbia anti-lynching committee North eastern federation of Colored women's clubs. [1922]." 1922. An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera, Library of Congress.