Two panels at the statue's base - one of a lynched man and another of a newborn baby - were part of the design, but weren't included when the piece was erected in 1985 in a West Baltimore neighborhood.
At a rededication ceremony Friday on the 50th anniversary of Holiday's death, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon said people should view the statue and the panels as a depiction of "raw" history.
Holiday, who lived in Baltimore as a child, recorded "Strange Fruit," a jazz ballad condemning lynchings of blacks. It was considered one of the first anti-racism songs in American popular music.
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