Paul Robeson Sings The Chinese National Anthem

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After visiting the Soviet Union in the 1930s, American actor/singer/civil rights activist Paul Robeson became smitten with communist society and it’s egalitarian ideals. He found that “the country was entirely free of racial prejudice and that Afro-American spiritual music resonated to Russian folk traditions.”
“Here, for the first time in my life … I walk in [...]