... Billie's career came from the short Duke Ellington film in which she played the role of a rejected woman abused by her lover in Duke Ellington's short film Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life. In her scene, she sang the song "Saddest Tale ... white female artist. Because promoters were against to Holiday because of her race and distinct way of singing, she decided to qquit the band due to her unhappiness and frustrations. Because of the immense racism exerienced by many blacks in America ... at Cafe Society in 1939, but with fear of how people, (whites) would react to the song. Ho...

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