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packman

(16,296 posts) Wed Sep 16, 2015, 12:50 PM Sep 2015

Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River

Why? Why not. Beautiful voice with a song that told a message of blacks enslaved to work until dying .

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Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River (Original Post) packman Sep 2015 OP

Mr Robeson should be better-remembererd. malthaussen Sep 2015 #1

malthaussen

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1. Mr Robeson should be better-remembererd.

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Wed Sep 16, 2015, 01:44 PM

Sep 2015

A valiant fighter for racial, social, and financial equality. And, of course, a helluva good singer.

Trivia: Robeson played catcher on the Rutgers baseball team and was an All-American football player, at a time when both sports were severely segregated. He even played in the pros. One can imagine the harassment he received.

-- Mal

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