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This program describes a concert by Paul Robeson at the municipal auditorium in Topeka, Kansas. Robeson was assisted by pianists William Schatzkamer and Lawrence Brown. Robeson was a well-known civil rights activist and musician who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He sang primarily classical music but closed the program with Negro folk songs.
Date: April 23, 1947
Item Number: 227716
Call Number: K 780 T62 Pam v1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227716
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Activists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Actors
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Musicians
Collections - Library
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Concerts
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians
Date - 1940s - 1947
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Program
People - African Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Printed materials - Programs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227716
