For Juneteenth 2023, The Amistad Committee, Inc. celebrated the life and highlights the achievements of an icon for the 125th anniversary of their birth:
PAUL ROBESON.
Photo: Portrait of Paul Robeson c. 1924 by Winold Reiss
Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 - Jan. 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.
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The Many Faces of Paul Robeson
Educator Resources from the National Archives
The activities here are designed to introduce students to Paul Robeson and his many accomplishments and to address the issue of individual freedom versus national security.
Paul Robeson, Political Outlaw: Lessons for Today from the Black Radical Tradition
This Teach the Black Freedom Struggle class on Paul Robeson, Political Outlaw: Lessons for Today from the Black Radical Tradition, features Dr. Greg Carr in conversation with Jesse Hagopian
Paul Robeson and 20th Century
Educational resources from the New Jersey Digital Highway
Travel through Robeson’s life by examining photographs, news clippings, and biographical excerpts to discover answers to these questions and more about the child, athlete, scholar, performer, and activist Paul Robeson.
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Paul Robeson: The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977)
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
Saul J. Turell's Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces his career through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, "Ol' Man River."
Paul Robeson - Speak of Me As I Am (1998)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
The annual Paul Robeson Lecture Series (2017)
A conversation with Harry Belefonte and Susan Robeson (April 5, 2017)
Gerald Horne on Paul Robeson (The Hague Symposium, 2022)
Dr. Gerald Horne in interview as part of the West Den Haag at The Hague's INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on PAUL ROBESON as ARTIST AND REVOLUTIONARY (Oct. 21-22, 2022)
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Paul Robeson covers a wide range of subjects, including his views on socialism and the Soviet Union, African liberation, and his personal history being born the son of a man born into slavery. February 8, 1958.
Paul Robeson's May 31, 1948 Senate testimony on the Mundt-Nixon Bill. The main provision of the Bill was the requirement that all members of the Communist Party of the United States register with the government.
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Peekskill USA. A Personal Experience
Howard Fast, published by the Civil Rights Congress, 1951.
Joel Feingold, June 2017, Jacobin
The 1949 Peekskill Riots remind us of a period of postwar rebellion and reaction that set the stage for the rest of the century.