Strange Fruit
Plot: In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled "Strange Fruit" that begins with the words: "Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root. " He set the poem to music and a few years later convinced Billy holiday to record it in a legendary heartbreaking performance