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![Paul Robeson Show](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/31/1982Call Number: PR 010Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Robeson sings, with excerpts from interviews He speaks about the unity of struggles of all peoples, Socialism, the Bandung Conference and the struggle against colonialism and racism. Fernando Alegria recites Pablo Neruda’s poem “Ode to Paul Robeson”
Same as CD 236
![Paul Robeson Jr. Interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1981Call Number: PR 039Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lena VerinCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Interview with Paul Robeson Jr about his efforts to bring his father’s life and legacy to public attention, through the establishment, in 1973, of the Paul Robeson Archives, subsequently donated to the Moreland Spingarn Collection at Howard University and the production of a 29-minute video documentary on Robeson narrated by Sidney Poitier. (1981) Interview is interspersed with a few Robeson songs, excerpts from Robeson speaking about Negro music, Chinese and East African folk musis and 11th century Czechoslovakian chorales. Robeson’s belief that a famous artist has a responsibility to speak out against injustice and for peace and about his belief in Socialism. Also, two excerpts from Othello.
Same as CD 273, Track 1
![Paul Robeson: Freedomways Tribute, on WBAI](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/17/1965Call Number: PR 052Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: WBAIProgram: FreedomwaysCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Paul Robeson: Freedomways Tribute, on WBAI Radio, contains event held on June 17, 1965, with Joanne Grant, emcee, describing Robeson’s life and reading from his speeches and interviews. Major excerpts from the 1963 Freedomways Welcome Home Tribute, when Robeson returned home after five years of traveling around the world. The 1963 event was his last public appearance. Includes the speeches of James Baldwin, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, John Lewis (Director of SNCC, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) and Robert Nemeroff, widower of Lorraine Hansberry, reading her tribute to Robeson. Also includes recording of Robeson reciting the last speech of Othello and a recording of him singing Old Man River.
Same as CD 287, Track 1
(Robeson’s 25-minute speech at the 1963 event is on CD 287, Track 3.)
![Paul Robeson speaks in Oakland](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Out-takes: Excerpts from interview in Oakland, CA. Robeson speaks about the Council on African Affairs, his passport struggle, his love for the folk songs of many cultures, art as the reflection of a common reality and universal aspirations for a better life all over the world, his travels to socialist countries, and socialism.
Also, excerpts from his speech on civil rights, the history of slavery and the abolition movement. (Some distortion on tape.)
Same as CD 308, Track 1
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