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#OtD 9 Apr 1898 Paul Robeson, African-American singer, actor, communist and former shipyard worker was born. He was involved in anti-fascism, the civil rights movement and workers' struggles, and was blacklisted under McCarthyism https://t.co/MSMVziDjVN https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10871/paul-robeson-born?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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PeachMcD

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Joe Quinlan 🇵🇸

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I'd rather see Paul Robeson's portrait on American currency than some slaveowner's mug.

John Loader

@workingclasshistory Revered in South Wales https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/02/how-paul-robeson-found-political-voice-in-welsh-valleys

Rich Stein (he/him)

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ICYMI:
Paul Robeson House and Museum, #Philadelphia https://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/

There's also a great mural of Paul Robeson in West Phila. (in this article: https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/paul-robeson-civil-rights-icon/)