" After a speech Robeson made in 1949 at a Paris peace conference was misreported in the US press, more than 80 concerts were cancelled on him and it became almost impossible to buy his records. He had reportedly said the black people of America, a country built on slavery where blacks were discriminated against, would not fight in any war against the Soviet Union; a place he believed was without racism. Robeson never said those words in Paris but there was a kernel of truth in the report and when challenged before repeated inquiries, he refused to deny his friendship with the Soviet Union. Big Paul was branded a traitor." abc.net.au/radionational/programs/intothemusic/paul-robeson/4691690
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:15:15 +0000
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