Paul Robeson

An Open Letter to Black Male Athletes

Kevin Powell | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Muhammad Ali, Magic Johnson, Plaxico Burress, Black-Entrepreneurs, Black Athletes, Jack Johnson, Michael Vick Prison, Entrepreneurship, Michael Vick, Bv-Money, Black Professional Athletes, Plaxico Burress Gun, Paul Robeson, Black Voices News
Kevin Powell

So I come to you not simply as a fan, but also as someone who knows well the inner workings of sports and entertainment and as someone who wants to see you live up to your full potential, not just as elite athletes, but as men.

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The 50 Most Influential Progressives of the 20th Century

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John L. Lewis, Louis Brandeis, Eleanor Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, John Dewey, The Nation, W.E.B. Dubois, Frances Perkins, Roger Baldwin, Margaret Sanger, 50 Most Influential Progressives, Lincoln Steffens, Eugene Debs, Jane Addams, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Norman Thomas, Florence Kelley, Earl Warren, I.F. Stone, Ella Baker, Walter Reuther, Woody Guthrie, Jackie Robinson, Harry Hay, Thurgood Marshall, A.J. Musge, Rachel Carson, Sidney Hillman, Henry Wallace, A. Philip Randolph, Saul Alinsky, Paul Robeson, Politics News
Peter Dreier

We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day. Unfortunately, most Americans know little of this progressive history.

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A Prayer

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumerism, Emma Goldman, Aung San Sun Kyi, Subcommandante Insurgente Marcos, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Life on Earth, Leonard Peltier, Mahatma Gandhi, Woody Guthrie, Public Enemy, Che, Joan Baez, Harvey Milk, Nelson Mandella, Cesar Chavez, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sojourner Truth, Chief Joseph, Revolution, Climate Change, Walt Whitman, Joe Strummer, Paul Robeson, Judi Bari, Green News
Reverend Billy

Aung San Sun Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Chief Joseph, Harvey Milk -- teach us! Revolution aint what it used to be.

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Free Flick Fridays: Song of Freedom

Tribeca Film | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Danny Glover, The Messenger, J. Elder Wills, Eugene O'Neill, Song of Freedom, Oren Moverman, The Emperor Jones, Tribeca Film, Free Flick Fridays, Albert Einstein, Paul Robeson, Entertainment News
Tribeca Film

It's shocking, really, that there hasn't been a biopic of the legendary Paul Robeson as of yet. Much, much more than "the guy who sings "Ol' Man River" in Showboat," Robeson was a towering American figure and one of the few people who can accurately be called a Renaissance man.

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Touring Harlem, Lost and Found

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem, Church, Lena-Horne, Count Basie, Archer Milton Huntington, Drugs, Hispanics, New York, Thelma Golden, Mexican Immigrants, Apollo Theater, Tourism, Lincoln Kirstein, Rezoning, Mrs. Astor, Jazz, Sex, 555 Edgecombe Ave., Duke Ellington, Malcolm X, Anna Vaughn Huntington, Synagouge, Goya, Lana Turner, Studio Museum in Harlem, Black Culture, High-Priced Condominiums, Paul Robeson, Cabcalloway, Domenican, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

Are you wistful for that old-time Harlem?

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You and I Hate My Name

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, Layoffs, TV Converter Coupons, Rome, Financial Meltdown, Kathy Bates, John Jacob Astor, Eugene Debs, Titanic, Gilded Age, Hedge Funds, Bailout, Paul Robeson, Comedy News
Dave Astor

At a time when financial bigwigs have made a mess of the U.S. economy, the deserved scorn heaped upon these greedy "masters of the universe" poses a problem for people with blue-blood monikers like mine.

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Yes We Did!

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Martin Luther King, 2008 Presidential Race, George W. Bush, Apartheid, Thurgood Marshall, African Americans, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Paul Robeson, Obama Victory, Obama Wins, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama Victory, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Forget about the Bradley effect, Republican voter suppression tactics and October surprises. Obama won a clear and resounding victory last night.

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Frank Marshall Davis and the Deception of Pornography

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pornography, Anais Nin, Sex Smear, Sex, Frank Davis Marshall, Sex Rebel: Black, Barack Obama, Paul Robeson, Home News
Lisa Derrick

I wrote pornography to pay for my addiction to books and fancy face cleansers.

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