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a oN tone ae tH gee - PG 100-9855 II. PAUL ROBESON CONCERT HELD APRIL 21, 1958 “whe pittsburgh Courier," April 28, 1958, issue, page | three, entire DAES, and page four, column two, carried an article entitled, *€ Will Continue Fighting to Prove All _ Men Are Brothers! - Over 1,800 Attend Paul Robeson Concert," which set forth in part that the crowd of more than 1,800 _. persons, who jammed Central Baptist Church, April 21, 1958 to hear PAUL ROBESON proved that they were not going to pe told who could aing to them or where their concerts could be held, SS Oe, The article set forth that ROBESON who deviated from the scheduled program, in evident appreciation, gave one of those performances rarely heard in great concert halls; that his repertoire included numbers by old and modern’ ™ “~~~ masters; folk songs of various countries, including America, Mexico, England, Germany, France, Hungary, Russia, Africa, India and China; recitations, prayers and the "Death Scene* from "Othello"; that he displayed hla mastery of languages by singing, in perfect idiom, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, several African tongues, Persian Sanskrit and Chinese; and on one occasion commented Shet ey the people of the world are all brothers under he akin, ROBESON stated that all of his life he had been fighting to prove that all men are brothers; that he was still fighting to preve it; and that he intended to continue fighting to prove if the rest of his life, There was hushed silence for a moment, then a deafening roar of applause, augmented by such vocal encouragement as: *Tim with you, Paul"; "Stand your ground, man"; "There's & real leader," and. "There's a real man. I wish there were more like him,* 7 The article noted further that even though brotherhood was | the theme of Rebeson's Concert, GILBERT ¢, CLOONAN, ° f Superintendent of Sclidiers and Sailors Memorial Halli, had je cancelled the Guild's lease upon learning that ROBESON was“ to Sing there; and that the Rev. CORNELL EALLEY, pastor ef Central Baptist Church, and his deacon board then dame to “the reacue of the’ promoters by offering the use of their ehurch, wo oe