Meeropol biography
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Abel Meeropol
American songwriter and poet (–)
"Lewis Allan" redirects here.
Meeropol biography
For other people with the same name, see Lewis Allen (disambiguation).
Abel Meeropol (February 10, – October 29, )[1] was an American songwriter and poet whose works were published under his pseudonym Lewis Allan. He wrote the poem and musical setting of "Strange Fruit" (), which was recorded by Billie Holiday.
Biography
Early life
Meeropol was born in to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants in the Bronx, New York.[2][3][4] He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in (his classmate Countee Cullen graduated in ); he earned a B.A.
from City College of New York and an M.A. from Harvard University. He taught English at DeWitt Clinton for 17 years.[5] During his tenure as a high school teacher, Meeropol taught author and racial justice advocate James Baldwin.[citation needed]
Song writing and poetry
Meeropol wrote the anti-lynching poe