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In New Orleans, he was told they would sell it only if he X-ed out the name of Paul Robeson, “because he was a communist.”
THE REAL PEPSI CHALLENGE Stephanie Capparell 2007
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So, they called Paul Robeson and told him to come over and join in the picture.
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The event he's come to talk about is his new Paul Robeson show, in which he'll sing everything from "It Ain't Necessarily So" to "Song of the Volga Boatmen" and "Ol 'Man River", in a programme entitled Paul Robeson Re-explored.
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More than one hundred biographies and monographs of Einstein have been published, yet not one of them mentions the name Paul Robeson, let alone Einstein’s friendship with him, or the name W.
HBCUs Marian 2008
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Or what I choose to call the Paul Robeson Law: Never stick your neck out further than your feet are planted deep in the people—there are too many people just waiting to chop it off.
Life Lit by Some Large Vision Ossie Davis 2006
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In America, the ideals of racial equality were fostered by political leaders of the calibre of Martin Luther King, and entertainers, sportsmen and other public figures and role models such as Paul Robeson, Sidney Poitier, Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson.
The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006
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National political activists such as Paul Robeson and W.E. B.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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National political activists such as Paul Robeson and W.E. B.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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National political activists such as Paul Robeson and W.E. B.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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National political activists such as Paul Robeson and W.E. B.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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