“Harry Anslinger and the policies he influenced destroyed countless lives and families, the effects which still continue to this day,” Hollingsworth told the commissioners when he addressed them.

The link between the song and the anti-drug agency may feel disjointed, except that FBN commissioner Harry Anslinger drew a direct correlation. “To Harry Anslinger, Billie Holiday was like the ...

Jazz singer Billie Holiday vs the US Government?! Her song Strange Fruit written by Abel Meeropol about the treatment of African Americans in the community is what started the whole altercation.