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Box R.17

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Contains 217 Results:

Robeson, Paul - Home and Family, 1930-1963

 File — Box: R.17
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See also material filed under headings Robeson, Paul (Mrs.); Robeson, Eslanda Goode; and Robeson, Paul, Jr.

Dates: 1930-1963

Robeson, Paul - International Travel, 1930s-1940s

 File — Box: R.17
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Photographs of Robeson in Russia, London, and Spain in the 1930s; and in GDR (East Germany) and Berchtesgaden, West Germany in the 1940s.

Dates: 1930s-1940s

Robeson, Paul - Legal Documents, 1950s

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Includes lawsuit against Robeson by the U.S. State Department circa 1950, and Amicus brief filed in support of Robeson's appeal, circa 1955.

Dates: 1950s

Robeson, Paul - Newspapers, Freedom, 1953-1955

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Includes issues from 1953 and 1955 and a letter from George Murphy to Carl Murphy enclosing the 1955 issue referring to the publication as "Paul's newspaper."

Dates: 1953-1955

Robeson, Paul - Peekskill Riots, 1949

 File — Box: R.17
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Coverage of outbreak of violence at two performances by Paul Robeson in Peekskill, NY in 1949. Includes ACLU publication "Violence in Peekskill."

Dates: 1949

Roberts, Lawrence

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11 years old Lawrence Roberts was hit in the head with a cane by a white man.