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Date: 1/1/1968Call Number: CD 342Format: CDProgram: WBAICollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Tribute to Paul Robeson, WBAI
Second side of tape continues the WBAI 1968 tribute to Robeson’s 70 birthday: Robeson recording of “Go Down Moses;” the last speech of Othello, with Robeson’s introduction; narrative on Robeson’s life by William L. Patterson; recordig made by the Westchester Committee for Law & Order following the Peekskill “riots” of 1949, with the Weavers singing “Hold the Line,” and Pete Seeger, Howard Fast, Alice Childress, Fred Hillerman telling the true story of the attacks at Peekskill and commenting on Robeson’s fightback; recording of Robeson singing “The House I Live In.”
Also contains recordings from the May 18, 1952 Peace Arch Concert and the 1957 concert via trans-atlantic cable to the Eisteddfod Festival in Wales.
Same as PR 077
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