Documents Tagged ‘Paul Robeson’
Peoria Legion Post Charter Revoked
Archive Entry Date: 08/14/1947
After the Robeson incident, the hammer came down on Peoria's black American Legion post
Crucifixion of Paul Robeson Blasted by Press in India
Archive Entry Date: 05/24/1947
A newspaper in New Delhi expressed outrage over Paul Robeson's ban in Peoria
From Fred Douglass to Robeson, Peoria Hasn’t Improved
Archive Entry Date: 05/03/1947
Peoria's ban of Paul Robeson echoed its chilly reception of Frederick Douglass 65 years before
Strange Case of Paul Robeson
Archive Entry Date: 05/03/1947
A condemnation of Paul Robeson's behavior in Peoria from The Pittsburgh Courier, an African-American newspaper.
Story Behind the Barring of Robeson
Archive Entry Date: 05/03/1947
A detailed autopsy of the banning of Paul Robeson in Peoria, from the Baltimore Afro-American
Paul Robeson Defies Peoria Ban
Archive Entry Date: 04/26/1947
The Chicago Defender sympathetically reported on Robeson's defiance of Peoria's conservatives
Edward Robb Ellis Interview with Paul Robeson
Archive Entry Date: 04/19/1947
An in-depth interview of Paul Robeson, freshly banned from Peoria