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37. We could surely use 3-4 of them right now.

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Sun Aug 18, 2013, 04:23 PM

Aug 2013

It's going to take some truly brave souls to lead us out of this dark tunnel.

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A page from history: Paul Robeson appears before HUAC [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP

The American Communist Party advocated equal rights and fairness to workers. merrily Aug 2013 #1

He was one of the great male opera singers, from what I have heard. I'm not a big HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #25

I've heard bits of his singing. merrily Aug 2013 #39

All true. I share your wish. - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #44

Not just Opera CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #41

Thanks for that annotation. I can see I need to do some review of HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #43

read about the CPUSA and the civil rights movement BOG PERSON Aug 2013 #33

Reading DU gives me the impression many don't know who Robeson was or what HUAC was at all. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #2

That had occurred to me theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #8

I think NPR did some stuff on him this last spring PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #14

Yes, wasn't it? theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #17

Truer words have seldom been uttered here. (I actually saw someone post that HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #24

I have a tendency to do that myself theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #28

Wow, I didn't realize it was your post I had read. In any case, no personal criticism was HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #30

No, no, I think it was important that you made that point theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #32

P.S. Thanks for this post. merrily Aug 2013 #3

You're very welcome. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #9

Thanks for this great post malaise Aug 2013 #4

What a voice. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #10

Last year the US Embassy Cultural Folks here hosted a one man play malaise Aug 2013 #11

We are lucky to get 3-4 Robesons per century, if that. - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #26

We could surely use 3-4 of them right now. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #37

I was very impressed with some of the youth I met in 2011 at Occupy Los Angeles, a movement HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #38

Paul Robeson should be enshrined among the great men of US history... malthaussen Aug 2013 #5

"...confined to the dustbin of history." greiner3 Aug 2013 #6

I routinely post Robeson singing "Joe Hill" everywhere I go on the 'net... malthaussen Aug 2013 #7

Whenever we have family reunions one of the sisters malaise Aug 2013 #13

I have a number of CDs adieu Aug 2013 #20

As a first-year student at the U. of Missouri, my TA in Intro to Philosophy was a HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #27

K&R for a truly great man. Brickbat Aug 2013 #12

K&R! Starry Messenger Aug 2013 #15

That is a great essay! theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #19

Thank you, theHandpuppet! Starry Messenger Aug 2013 #21

It's a good quote... malthaussen Aug 2013 #22

Thanks, Mal. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #23

Thanks for the PM. Starry Messenger Aug 2013 #34

Bravo! Great piece on a great world-historical figure - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #29

Great Post!! We need more like this to remind us of the courageous people who have loudsue Aug 2013 #16

Let us never forget them theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #18

Don't want to hijack a great thread about a great man, but I wanted to post a brief HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #31

Wow! Thanks! I didn't know about William Lewis Moore. loudsue Aug 2013 #35

Thanks so much for sharing his story. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #36

Just read a recent biography of his wife Essie. kskiska Aug 2013 #40

I have tomato seeds named after him. MelungeonWoman Aug 2013 #42