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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being." ― Paul Robeson

Source and full transcript here, this guy was incredibly cool

[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

i'd heard that quote before but i hadn't made the connection. thanks! rat-salute-2

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hold the Line by Pete Seeger is a great song about riots that happened in response to Paul Robeson throwing a concert in Peekskill NY. It’s also worth mentioning that the fake news media, specifically the AP, changed the specific wording of Robesons speech to the USSR to be more inflammatory.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

“Let them Shing.”

[-] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

makes me cry

[-] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Such a good version

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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