Remembering Billie Holiday April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959 | The National R&B Music Society Inc.

💭Did you know ...On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland, a seemingly modern passenger ship docked in the Chicago River, tragically capsized before it ever left port, killing over 800 people within minutes. Most of the passengers were workers heading to a company picnic, full of excitement and unaware of the danger lurking aboard. The ship’s design was dangerously top-heavy, and even the lifeboats added after the Titanic disaster could not prevent catastrophe. Unlike disasters at sea, this happened i