Snopes.com rated the claim “The writer of the song "Strange Fruit" was Abel Meeropol, who once taught the writer James Baldwin.” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “The writer of the song "Strange Fruit" was Abel Meeropol, who once taught the writer James Baldwin.” True.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
Captured 2026-08-21 from Snopes.com. The archived copy is preserved so this citation survives link rot.