06 May Abel Meeropol (1903-1986)
Image “Abel Meeropol watches as his sons, Robert and Michael, play with a train set” courtesy of Robert Meeropol.
Nominated by Roger Cunningham, who writes: “Not only did he write Billie Holiday’s classic song STRANGE FRUIT, which plays a major role in the Holiday’s death and the ravages of the War on Drugs, but he adopted the orphaned children of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg!”
Significance of “Strange Fruit.”
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