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![Paul Robeson Show](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/30/1982Call Number: PR 005Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Paul Robeson ShowCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Recordings of Paul Robeson singing Spirituals: I’ve Got a Home in That Rock, Just Like John, No More Auction Block, Go Down Moses, didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel, Deep River, This Little Light of Mine. Excerpts from his interviews & speeches on African American history, Frederick Douglass, the meaning of Othello.
Same as CD 209
![Paul Robeson Show](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 2/24/1982Call Number: PR 006Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Recordings of Paul Robeson singing songs of solidarity: The House I Live In, Wales, The Four Rivers, Joe Hill, Chee Lai, Mir (by Shostokovich, sung in Russian) Excerpts from his speech at the Peace Arch on May 18, 1952 about the revocation of his passport.
Same as CD 209
![Paul Robeson Show #3](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/27/1982Call Number: PR 007Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Paul Robeson sings, also excerpts from interview where he speaks about Black artists, art as the reflection of our common humanity, friendship and peace among all peoples; recites the lyrics to The Four Rivers and tells the story behind the song and its message of peace.
Also on CD 235
![Paul Robeson Show #4](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 4/29/1982Call Number: PR 008Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Moscow concert 1958. Robeson speaks to audience in Russian throughout, explaining the meaning of the lyrics and the historical context of the songs.
Also on CD 235
![Paul Robeson Show: Songs of Peace](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/26/1982Call Number: PR 009Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Songs & messages of peace; Robeson sings Zog Nit Keynmol (song of the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance), Jacob’s Ladder, with new lyrics for unity & peace, All Men Are Brothers (tune of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” sung in Russian),
Excerpts from his speech at the Peace Arch on May 18, 1952 about the revocation of his passport.
Also on CD 237
![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 with Lawrence Brown](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/1/1982Call Number: PR 011Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Lawrence Brown, pianist, speaks about his 35-year relationship with “the most gifted artist that ever came out of America” and about Robeson’s interest in the folk songs of many peoples “because of his love for all humanity.”
Also on CD 237, Track 2
![Paul Robeson Show: Spirituals, Lena Horne](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1982Call Number: PR 012Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Spirituals and Lena Horne, the 1958 Moscow concert, and excerpts from Robeson speeches & interviews.
Also on CD 238, Track 1
![Paul Robeson Show: Paul Robeson’s America](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/27/1982Call Number: PR 013Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Recordings of Robeson singing and excerpts from speeches, including a 1949 rally protesting the “Peekskill riots.” Pete Seeger & others speaking about Peekskill. Robeson recites Langston Hughes’ poem “Freedom Train.” Includes full performance of Ballad For Americans, sung by Robeson and the American People’s Chorus, recorded on CBS Radio, November 5, 1939.
Also on CD 238, Track 3
![Paul Robeson Show: Music To Lift The Spirit](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/18/1982Call Number: PR 014Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Robeson, not allowed to travel outside the US, sings and speaks, from New York via transatlantic telephone hook-up, to the 1957 Eisteddfod Festival, an annual cultural event in Wales. Includes welcoming speech to Robeson by Wil Paynter, President of the South Wales Miners, Robeson’s greetings to the Welsh miners and comments on why the government revoked his passport. Songs by the Treochy Male Voice Choir. Also includes an excerpt from a 1976 CBS Radio commentary on Robeson on Murray Kempton’s program “Spectrum.”
Also on CD 242, Track 1