julius and rosenberg after the death of his parents, he and his brother robert were adopted by abel meeropol, who wrote strange over the years. meeropol has written about his biological parents. he edited the rosenberg letters and, his parents prison correspondence with his brother authored we are your sons. in addition, meeropol has written d lectured extensively about the importance of strange fruit as an anthem for social reform, appearing for example, in strange fruit story of protest song, a documentary film by katz to speak about abel and the enduring power of strange trees. welcome michael meeropol michael meeropol. first of all, i want to thank harold paul for including me on this fabulous, distiuished panel. it is wonderful to be sitting next to david and it is an absolute honor to share the stage with professor jefferson, i met my father when i was ten years old christmas eve, 1953. my brother and i began living with dad and mom. soon. and during the next seven years before i went away to college, i had the good to live. an extraordinary and yes, privileged life. robbie and i won t