The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Her voice would not be silenced.

OverView :Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

Andra Day

Trevante Rhodes

Garrett Hedlund

Leslie Jordan

Miss Lawrence