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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 9
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wb. “uy ping | ‘folk ‘Sones and ‘pead “Shakespeare 2sc5 °°
oo. 8 a and, to me, the poetry and music become —
Soe et, - | “merely two sides of something that most . -
a closely resembles a Hebrew chang .t oe
"after his ‘Oakland appearance, ee ER ae
_ Robeson plane to tour the U. S, and Latin : cae OE ee
America, and, if his passport eo ee
restrictions are removed, he will go back mm oe sp
to England (where he may do 'Othello'), Europe
and the Soviet Union. He Was frank on his —
4... feelings toward Russia, ‘They are making. "so
. “. great strides under great difficulties', he .
« paid. ‘But the United States has also .. 0.0 © 7° ss *
| greatly advanced in the field of race Oe en re
relations. , SN
Mit am “sorry - now that L quit
the concert stage because of politics. It
oo happened pix years ago in St. Louis when I
CR ARR aes was § neing in ano n-segrepated | hall rom rn ere
moe ' across the street from a segregated oan re
theater that I had picketed with the NAACP ee ——
the same afternoon. I told the audience - pen OA
I would stop singing until these two things -- Sa a
were reconciled. They are not yet, but I - er *
Bee now that I should have gone on with my -
work, ! °
‘ : ~ viqnére ‘4s a whole new generation... 6g.
for me to perform before,’ said Robeson, ns
tAny "politics" in the future will be in ase
my singing. A friend was shocked when I told ay
. him the only speeches Sunday would be. -.+° |.
. ‘Shakespeare and Shelley. ~ Then I will-
. _,«, Sing French, Russian, Yiddish and chinese
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