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Radio Diaries: “Strange Fruit - Voices of a Lynching”Poet and songwriter Abel Meeropol wrote “Strange Fruit” after seeing a photograph of two black teenagers hanging from a tree. Decades later, a box of recordings was found in a basement containing the recollections of people who witnessed or took part in the events of that day.
99% Invisible: “Thomassons” Cities, like living things, evolve slowly over time. Buildings and structures get added and renovated and removed, and in this process, bits and pieces that get left behind.