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"The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for…" — Paul Robeson
c. 1937(Approximate date)· Paul Robeson (speaker)
“The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.”
- Speaker
- Paul Robeson
- Occasion
- Speech, "Spain and Culture" rally, Royal Albert Hall, London (1937)
Paul Robeson telling an anti-fascist rally that artists cannot stay neutral in the fight between freedom and slavery.
Sources & citations
- 1.archives.govwebsite
- 2.pbs.orgwebsite