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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 25
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nas rutnlessly pursued wath respect to the colonial peoples of
wy have said before and SBy at again that the
place for the Negro people to fight for tneir freedom 1s here
at nome~-in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Texzass«in tne
Chicago ghetto and ‘Pigny nere in New York's Stuyvesant Town."
The Civil Rights Congress pas been. ceclared by
the Attorney General as coming within the purview of Executive
Order 935" ; ee
On ae confidential Informant we
advised that the Harlem Section of the Communist, Party nel
a street rally at 126tn Street and Lenox Avemne, New York City. -
Informant said that PAUL ROBESON was the main speaker at the
streetrally.
wc.
According to the informant, ROBESON charged that <9—-
the war in Korea was caused by wall btreet and that wall Street bh}
planned to grab the resources of all small nations.
“The New York edition of the "pittsburgh Courier”
issue of july 6, 1950 reported that the Civil Rights Congress \
sponsored a rally at Madison Square Garden on June 30, 1950. —
The article reflected that PAUL ROBESON was one of tne speakers at
the rally and that in his speech ROBESON stated, "Unless American
intervention in Korea and the reat of Asta is stopped, Africa
will be next in jine.™
| On Px eee ee Informant GP i ur-
nishned a copy of @ news relesse from the Council on African —
Affairs dated June eh 1¥50 and entitled, "Robeson Denounces .
Korean Intervention ae Rally of 28000 at New york for Civil ..
Rights ang Peace." “ : .
ra wt
Tre statement . reported * that the Civil Rights.
Congress had ‘sponsored a rally on June 28 at Madison Square
Garden and tnat "Pavl Robeson, Chairman of the Council on
African Affairs, had been a speaker at the rally" and that in
nis speecn ROBESON warned "that unless American intervention in
Korea and the rest of Asia was stopped Africa would be next in
iine.* af
Tne Council on African Affairs has been declared ‘4 /
by the Attorney General as coming within the purview of Executive { |
Order 983 oe w
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