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May Ts» 197 Backgrounds = He is a concert singer and an actor. He was born at Princeton, “| New Jersey, on April 9, 1896, the son of Fillion Drew Robeson and Anna ~ | Louisa (Bustill). He received his A. B. degree at at Rutgers College in 1919, ‘ and LL.B. from Columbia University in 1923, an honorary Lel[eDs at Hancilton “ College in 19,0, an honorary MeAe at Rutgers University in 1932, an hon ‘| rary LeHeDe at Moorshouse College, 193, and an honorary doctor's degree in humane letters at Howard Univeraity in Gs. rried talenda Cardoza | “ff Goode on August 17, 1922. lie has one son, Robeson, gr. Fruzs 1923. until the present tice he has appeared in mme rsusrous stere plays. He is a fr Cee ees ONTO nee eee ne Aipha hi Alphas end Signa Ten Delta fra- , ternities. Robeson was a four-letter man while at Rutgers University and =. was picked by Balter Camp on his All-American football teas as an end. Ris home is in Infield, Connecticute He gives his Hew York address ag, in care of Robert Hockmare, 10 East Loth Street, New York, New York. Tne Current Biography for 1941, on page Tl, hes the following to - frequently speaks out on political issues in which he feels his rece is Geeply involved. Tn the sunser of 1510, he was opposing conscription, oo, +) / epeaking for peace, later urging all Negroes in industry to join the United Automobile Workers of America in their Ford organizing drive, even later ; speaking and singing at benefits to aid Britian, Chine and the soviet Union. “ex oy called a radical." ay * petivities In Connection with Various Caummist Front organisations: Kn say concerning Robeson; oe | "The racial problem is one that Robeson has studied thoroughly. Nal Ty was recial disoriaination a8 much as his acting ability that caused _ WO) him to give up his career as a lawyer. He sent his son to school in the H mm ~ om f - pP The November kh, 1937, issue of the Daily torker, alleged official ~ Yi publication of the Communist Party, carriedcn article in which Robeson was = - (Ce quoted as saying, "khen I step on to a stag’ in the future, I go on as 2 toe f representative of the working classe ek “sae eaanaaeas- sider dar | in my mind." yo £ Pee 100-1230-7, pg 22 | (QD 2Z04—/ - __, EE —— ss the Daily worker of may 16, 6 1, on ae ted-aift that /- uw. koser_—obeson in an interview had stated that ore wis no diecrimination in , “: ars —“Soviet cireles and that his gon, who who atfended Veh ‘Wissla, received a cA | E. 2—eultural advantage theree oO Wie a oath 100-2230), Pa Cap Neer ; De ephdin