Quote of the day
There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery.
Lewis Allan

Born: February 10, 1903
Died: October 29, 1986 (aged 83)
Bio: Abel Meeropol was an American writer, teacher and song-writer, whose works were published under his pseudonym, Lewis Allan. His best-known song is "Strange Fruit", especially as recorded by Billie Holiday.