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Paul Robeson Memorial Program - Part 1 Paul Robeson Memorial Program - Part 1
Date: 1/24/1976Call Number: PR 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Molly Frankel, Chris Bergman, Jeff Echevaria, Elsa JafkinCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Originally broadcast on KPFA, 01/24/76 (the day after Robeson’s death). Readings & commentary on Robeson, interspersed with Robeson’s recorded music and brief excerpts from his speeches on “Negro” music and its strong resemblance to African, Chinese and russian music. Songs include Deep River, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, The Four Insurgent Generals (song from the Spanish Civil War), Meadowland (song of the Soviet Red Army, sung in English & Russian), Chee Lai (song of the Chinese Revolution, sung in Chinese), Hassidic Chant (sung in english & Yiddish), Gregorian Chants. Same as CD 182.
Paul Robeson Memorial Program - Part 2 Paul Robeson Memorial Program - Part 2
Date: 1/24/1976Call Number: PR 002Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Molly Frankel, Chris Bergman, Jeff Echevaria, Elsa JafkinCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Originally broadcast on KPFA, 01/24/76 (the day after Robeson’s death). Readings & commentary on Robeson, interspersed with Robeson’s recorded music and brief excerpts from his speeches on the Peekskill riots, Negro rights, the commonality in the art of all peoples, peace, socialism. Songs include The House I Live In, John Henry, Joe Hill, Curly Headed Baby, Zog Nit Keynmol (song of the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance, sung in English & Yiddish), Old Man River. Same as CD 182.
Paul Robeson Show - Part 1 Paul Robeson Show - Part 1
Date: 10/19/1976Call Number: CD 207Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Paul Robeson ShowCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Biographical commentary on Robeson throughout, with excerpts from Lawrence Brown, LLoyd L. Brown, William L. Patterson, including reading from Here I Stand. Recordings of Robeson singing: Deep River, Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child, I’ve Got A Home In That Rock, Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho, Waterboy, By And By (duet with Lawrence Brown), Old Man River, Mood Indigo, My Way, Lonely Road, Autumn Skies (sung in English and Russian), The Four Insurgent Generals (sung in English and Spanish), Ballad For Americans & Joe Hill. Same as PR 003
Paul Robeson Show - Part 2 Paul Robeson Show - Part 2
Date: 10/27/1976Call Number: CD 208Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Paul Robeson ShowCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Excerpts from speeches by Robeson, Alice Childress, Lloyd L Brown. Ode to Paul Robeson, by Pablo Neruda, read by Fernando Alegria. Recordings of Robeson singing I’m Going to Tell God All My Troubles When I Get Home, the Soviet National Anthem (sung in English), Chee Lai (sung in Chinese), the United Nations Song, Peet Bog Soldiers (sung in English & Yiddish), Zog Nit Kaynmal (song of the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance (sung in English & Yiddish), Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, a Russian song (title unknown), Old Man River, Going Back. Same as PR 004
Angolan music and poems/KPFA program on injustices of the US government Angolan music and poems/KPFA program on injustices of the US government
Date: 1/3/1976Call Number: AFR 084Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFAProgram: Nothing Is More Precious Than... ProgramCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
Poetry and revolutionary Angolan music. Wounded Knee Massacre and countless atrocities against Native Americans.
Boletin Salvadoreno El Pulgarcito Boletin Salvadoreno El Pulgarcito
Publisher: Comite de Salvarorenos ProgresistasYear: 1976Volume Number: No. 11 NoviembreFormat: PeriodicalCollection: El Salvador
Articles in Espanol and English
Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez; Paul Robeson and Earl Robinson; Paul Robeson Program Paul Robeson: Stories read by Ena Hernandez; Paul Robeson and Earl Robinson; Paul Robeson Program
Date: 1/1/1976Call Number: CD 271Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Readings of stories about Paul Robeson, written by Shirley Graham Du Bois and others, read by Ena Hernandez. Includes excerpts from Robeson speaking at a rent party at Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, in New York. Unedited tape; some parts repeated on PR 035 and PR 036. Same as PR 035 & PR 036 Robeson sings “Spring Song;” Robinson plays piano and sings “The House I Live In,” composed by Abe Meeropol. Same as PR 037 Biography of Robeson, with Robeson songs playing in background; audio clips from Robeson’s films; commentary on Robeson’s attitude about film roles for African Americans; excerpt from 1959 interview with British journalist, where Robeson speaks about the dignity of the role of Othello and his views on the relation of “negro” music to the traditional folk music of many nations. Same as PR 038.
Black Liberation Journal Black Liberation Journal
Publisher: Black Liberation JournalYear: 1976Volume Number: Vol. 1-3 Fall-WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Date: 3/3/1976Call Number: CD 366Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Readings by Karl Marx Yeargans, from Here I Stand, by Paul Robeson. Same as PR 081
American Indian Movement rally DC American Indian Movement rally DC
Date: 12/4/1976Call Number: KP 164Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
Various activists speak at a rally and march in Washington DC at the FBI Building on the anniversary of the murder of Fred Hampton, expressing solidarity with the American Indian Movement and all oppressed people around the world. Speakers demand that the Canadian government give asylum to Leonard Peltier and that the U.S. government leave reservation land. They mention various struggles against oppression throughout the world and emphasize the importance of the unity of all struggles in fighting government harassment and oppression. Includes music from Bolivian activists.