<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=568486" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Paul Robeson</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Paul Robeson was the first great negro singer<br>Though through his life he knew his share of woe<br>In his Homeland he was treated as an outcast<br>But in death his legend seem to grow and grow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Paul Robeson spoke of freedom peace and justice<br>And he campaigned for the black Peoples rights<br>But for his beliefs he was made to suffer<br>In a country that is governed by whites.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For his membership of the communist party<br>Paul Robeson an unfair price had to pay<br>His passport from him it was confiscated<br>By the authorities in the U.S.A.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Even shunned by some influential blacks in his home Country<br>And his basic human rights to him denied<br>But in Russia he was feted as a hero<br>And Paul Robeson he was revered far and wide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For freedom, human rights and peace and justice<br>Paul Robeson so much of himself he gave<br>And the way he had been treated in his Homeland<br>Must have had Abe Lincoln turning in his grave</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Paul Robeson he will always be remembered<br>As one of the few who sacrificed their fame<br>In the cause of human rights and peace and justice<br>And his lives on as an immortal name.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=568486" data-title="Paul Robeson de Francis Duggan" data-description="Paul Robeson was the first great negro singer Though through his life he knew his share of woe In his Homeland he was treated as an outcast But in death his legend seem to grow and grow. Paul Robeson spoke of freedom peace and justice And he camp..."></div> </div> </div>

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