During this time many people were beat, lynched, shot, etc. by the Klan for a variety of reasons (being black, remarrying, coversion to a different religion, etc.)Abel Meeropol taught at a Jewish High School in the Bronx, New York. He loved to write poetry. One of those poems was "Strange Fruit" an anti-lynching poem which was later turned into a song which was made famous by Billie Holiday. In the 1950's Meeropol addopted the children of Ethel and Julius Rosenburg after the executions.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
1920's Artist: Abel Meeropol aka "Lewis Allan"
In the 1920's we see the rise of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The membership peaked around 4.5 million which was nearly half of the African-American population at this time. During this time many people were beat, lynched, shot, etc. by the Klan for a variety of reasons (being black, remarrying, coversion to a different religion, etc.)Abel Meeropol taught at a Jewish High School in the Bronx, New York. He loved to write poetry. One of those poems was "Strange Fruit" an anti-lynching poem which was later turned into a song which was made famous by Billie Holiday. In the 1950's Meeropol addopted the children of Ethel and Julius Rosenburg after the executions.
During this time many people were beat, lynched, shot, etc. by the Klan for a variety of reasons (being black, remarrying, coversion to a different religion, etc.)Abel Meeropol taught at a Jewish High School in the Bronx, New York. He loved to write poetry. One of those poems was "Strange Fruit" an anti-lynching poem which was later turned into a song which was made famous by Billie Holiday. In the 1950's Meeropol addopted the children of Ethel and Julius Rosenburg after the executions.
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