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![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
![Paul Robeson: Raw Materials](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
1950s: Taped message from Robeson to Marine Cooks and Stewards
Same as CD 308, Track 2
![WBAI Tribute to Paul Robeson](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1968Call Number: PR 065Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: WBAIProgram: Tribute to Paul RobesonCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Tribute to Paul Robeson WBAI Reel 3 (exact duplicate of Reel 2, but better quality). Recording of Paul Robeson singing “Joe Hill”
Same as CD 344, Track 2
![Tribute to Paul Robeson WBAI Reel 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1968Call Number: PR 066Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: WBAICollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Ossie Davis, Pete Seeger, Lloyd L. Brown, William L. Patterson, Hope Stevens, Lawrence Brown, Douglas Turner Ward, Harry Bragg, Irwin Silber speak on Robeson’s activism for social justice, his intergrity and his refusal to give up his principles regardless of the personal sacraifice it caused him.
Same as PR 065 and CD 344, Track 1
![Paul Robeson & Joe Johnson](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Joe Johnson, Marine Cooks & Stewards Union, introduces Paul Robeson. Robeson, speaks, sings 5 songs, recites speech from “Boris Gudonov” in English and Russian, sings part of an aria from Mussorgsky’s opera; also recites “Dr. Butts” by Langston Hughes. (The latter has some parts missing from the tape.)
Same as CD 308, Track 3
![Robeson Program Introduction](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Program introduction: Paul Robeson Show 1982-84
![Paul Robeson Sings at Marine Cooks & Stewards Union](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Paul Robeson speaks at Marine Cooks and Stuards Union meeting in San Francisco, May 1, 1951; tape begins in mid-sentence. Also, 7 songs.
Same as CD 322, Track 1
![Paul Robeson Songs II](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Recorded from old 78s, (scratchy): Hymn of Soviet Union, with chorus, sung all in English,1941; United Nations Song, 1944; Chee Lai, 1941, sung in Chinese and English; Feng Yang, 1941, sung in Chinese; Chinese Army Song, 1941, sung all in English; Riding the Dragon, 1941, a Chinese children’s song, sung in English and Chinese; medley of Spirituals, with chorus, 9//2431; King Joe (1&2), an ode to Joe Louis, recorded 10/1/41, with Count Basie Orchestra; song in an unidentified language; Eriskay Love Lilt (possibly from Scotland); Curly-Headed Baby; Song of Freedom (stage version, 1936); Deep River, at the Eisteddfod Song Festival in Wales, Feb., 1940, in tribute to the late Dick Perry, leader of the Welsh Miners Union
Same as CD 322, tracks 2-12
![Paul Robeson: Conference of Negro Labor Council](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Robeson at Ebony Plaza Hotel, Oakland CA, January 1955; sings and talks; "Dr. Butts" by Langston Hughes.
Same as CD 323, Track 1
![Paul Robeson: Discussions & Interviews](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Message to San Francisco 5/1965; Bill of Rights -message to Marine Cooks and Stuards Union; Interview by Sid Roger KROW 1955; about Harry Bridges 1953; Discussion at house party Berkeley 7/1/1955
Same as CD 323, Track 2