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</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>Paul Robeson: Words Like Freedom - A
New Audio CD from the Freedom Archives</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>
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</font><font face="Verdana" size=4><b>Release Event @ La Pena<br>
3105 Shattuck Ave - Berkeley<br>
Wednesday, February 27th 6:30 pm<br><br>
With Babatunde Lea, Alex Bagwell & poetry with Youth Speaks<br><br>
$10-20 - No One Turned Away<br><br>
</b>Wheelchair Accessible<br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>With this CD, we introduce you to rare
spoken words of the great Paul Robeson, illuminating a side of this
amazing man's personality and politics that has too often been
suppressed. Robeson saw it as his responsibility to speak the truth about
conditions both domestic and abroad knowing that his fame would allow
these messages to be more widely heard. He was also deeply aware of the
consequences and faced the official repression against him with dignity
and courage.<br><br>
Embodied in Paul Robeson's character and contributions is a message for
coming generations that is usually whitewashed, even in sympathetic
portrayals. At its core, Robeson's message is one of militant,
uncompromising resistance to racism, oppression, and tyranny, a
"must keep fighting" spirit, even in the face of repression and
the threat of death. <br><br>
On this CD you'll hear Robeson express this deeply rooted radicalism in
great love for his own African-American people, their culture, and their
revolutionary contributions, and you'll hear it articulated in solidarity
with poor and oppressed peoples and nations the world over: <br><br>
"The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery. I have
made my choice. I had no alternative." <br><br>
In creating this CD, the Freedom Archives offers a unique resource that
can be used with history courses and heard by many who may never before
heard the passion and eloquence of Robeson's spoken words. Purchase
Direct via the link below <br><br>
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For more information or to purchase your copy: <br><br>
<a href="http://www.freedomarchives.org/Robeson.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.freedomarchives.org/Robeson.html</a> <br><br>
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