Jazz singer Billie Holiday vs the US Government?! Her song Strange Fruit written by Abel Meeropol about the treatment of African Americans in the community is what started the whole altercation.

Yet, in the middle of it all, Baldwin took the time to respond to his high-school English teacher Abel Meeropol, an author in his own right who, under the pen name Lewis Allan, wrote the poem ...

Pacific Symphony and the Arts & Learning Conservatory partner to present "Symphonic Soul: A Celebration of African American ...

Meanwhile, the first half includes works by Davis, such as his “Shtetl Waltz,” “Earth Above Sky Below” and “Oseo,” but also Robert Fleming and Owen Dodson’s The Confession Stone (The Songs of Mary)” ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Several years later a lynching inspired Abel Meeropol’s poem “Strange Fruit,” which Billie Holliday and Josh White made famous: “Pastoral scene of the gallant south,” we hear them sing. “Here is a ...

Kate Winslet may be one of the most famous names in Hollywood, but her husband, Edward Abel Smith, tends to live his life out of the spotlight. Despite being together for over a decade ...

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Viv and her crew gave fans a sneak peek at a never-before-seen character, Abel. The famous child of Adam and Eve appeared alongside other heavenly figures on Twitter/X. Despite not knowing much ...

Greg Abel, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway’s Non-Insurance Operations, has been confirmed as Warren Buffett’s successor. Abel, a Canadian born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1962, has been with ...