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By JEANETTA WELCH they can make, if given full op- pees “The history of the American) portunities, to building of a truly Negro is a grest part of the history democratic America.” —- a fot America, and lam delighied that! Mr. Robeson said that he began | ea week devoted to the life and: a 4ight for the rights of Negroes in. C_*achievements of these people is to, England, That instead of 15 mil. lpe celebrated im your city and. tion black people being denied ful ye petate, It may well serve as a model:; access to opportunities, there were --for the entire country.” These! 150 million in Africa. That although | ' ag words were spoken by Pau! Robe-jhe was accorded all the courtesies te <‘gon, the great Negro baritone sing-| of an English gentleman, there Eh, -. "ler to members of the Citizens’ com-|| were those of his group who were ie, ccs ftee who visited him in his suite; denied these privileges. He men- ee tne Book Cadillce hotel last Sun-j tioned having met and discussed Bet 4 fF. The committee acquainted Mz race problems with ‘Winston ki. 7 Rqbeson wiih fs plans to celebrate Churchill and Sir Stanford Cripps we... Negro History week February 7/in person. . OR crough February 14. When asked about his life in The famed! _Bsriist appeared here fn a concert at Russia, and whether he [ntended ‘he Masonic Temple Friday under to live there again, Mr. Robeson he gsuspices of Nellie Watts. said that he never did live in Rus- “fhe traditions of the Negro In) sic. but visited there many times || while living in England. And that while in England he did not en- counter as much discrimination as he did in America, yet when he went to Russia, he found no dis. crimination at all This made a great impression on him, but he felt to duty to remain in Russia, but to come home again and work for the same kind of freedom he expe- rienced there, to become a reality here. Mr. Robeson said the thing that j impressed him most about the Rus- sian people Was that in a single gen- eration they had learned to love ~ «his country are rich in those dem- ; seratie virtues which Americans; a yc 2 a 10ld deat—humanized in the deeds -~ .of such American heroes as Crispus ~~ atucks, Sojourner Truth—Fred- m— “—-—v spick Douglass. the 368th, Dorrie, 7 ~Willer—and our heroes on various.) = world-wide, = iowttletronie in this st -onflict, “As you know—all my endeavors wave been based upon an intense wpe in being a Negro. and tn plar- ‘ # part in the culturat life of people. have immeasurable belief in future and in the contribution —_— | COPIES DESTROYED cx: SEP 28 173. x com nei > feo ul Robeson Reviews History Of Negro Race BiCLosuny VI | . ; and work for their government be-; 1940 be predicted that one of 4 oh sn - —— = i. War cause it belonged to them. That ea noe or, wes ; ,w ica. en as oul of chaca and ignorance they Sunday why he had made tha: | had bullt colleges and universities. diction at that time even be. thes had freed their women, and America had entered the war. they had tolerated no kind of! Robeson said that It came from Prejudice against any of their peo-| knowledge of events that were ! ple. He said that the Russian peo-|bappening in England, and fr ple fee] a kindred with the Negro/ trance, knowledge gained in trav people, or any people that are op-| ing in England and Africa. He ca! pressed. for they remember that| Africa the “breadbasket” of | once they, too, were bitterly en-| land slaved. Upon being asked to make Answering the question, Lf he In-/ ture predictions about the the: tended semding his son back to Rus-) of this war, without hesiiatior sia to live, Mr. Robeson answered,‘ ssid, “Africa and South Amer “No.” that his-son is now in the! pe also sald tha! the futur midst of selecting a school to atiend! America js in Africa, and that bere. He Is interested in civil en-} great question facing America gineering. and while he might, if! england today is “What are we possible altend-some graduate en-jing to do sbout these Col gineering school In Russia as they | peoples?™ have excellent engineering schools; M- Robson paid tribute to there, yet he feelg that his place is| Negro general, Bboue, head o! here, and that he can make # con-| Free French Group in Sout ora atreatst a When atket whet Sie! 4 f-tan pre etre TO weet Pek tao ALITKEA son thought about the discrimina-{ He expressed great pleasur tion in America, Mr. Robeson said,| having been to Detroit. and is thst his son thought it “stupid.”| on his way to Canada then to After having once been among peo-/| York to receive the Abraham ple who [Lived together amicably |coln award. This award it §. regardless of face, creed or color, {| each year by the Abraham Lin. was stupid to think that {it could| high schoo! in Brooklyn. N. Y¥.. not be done here. Mr Robeson said| outstanding schievements that the main reason for taking bit| year's candidates were Gov son to Russia, was that he “wanted| Lehman, Irving Berlin and hie boy to feel freedom.” Robeson with Robeson winnin When Pauj Robeson was here award, ee In * ee ALL INFOPMATION CO’TAINED HEREIN I3 UIOL: % ee te! DATS hd ‘, *- eo : ~ ’ .- a woo