Paul Robeson
b. 1898 d. 1976
The Scottish Screen Archive has a film of Robeson leading a May Day parade in Glasgow, from George Square to Glasgow Green where the crowds listen to him making a speech:
http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=2484
There are photos of Robeson in Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1954 in the www.scran.ac.uk collection. Search on “Paul Robeson”
See notes on other film of Robeson in Scotland in the info for the track Joe Hill. For further information on Robeson and Scotland see Timothy Neat, Hamish Henderson: A Biography Volume 1 p.232.
Photograph shows Robeson addressing a public meeting in Glasgow.
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