 "Strange Fruit" was also banned from being mailed through the U.S.Postal Service, with the ban against the book being lifted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after his wife Eleanor Roosevelt requested it of him.In 1949, Smith kept up her personal assault on racism with "Killers of the Dream", a collection of essays that attempted to identify, challenge and dismantle the Old South's racist traditions, customs and beliefs, warning that segregation corrupted the soul.