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The Spanish Civil War

    Black and white photo from 1938 showing, in the foreground, a smiling Paul Robeson, dressed in a suit, with his left hand in a pocket, wearing an English wool cap; and Robeson’s Spanish guide, Captain Fernando Castillo, dressed in a military uniform and hat, with his right hand on a walking stick.

    Paul Robeson with his Spanish guide to the battlefronts, Captain Fernando Castillo. Paul supported the Republican/Loyalist cause in their war against the army of the fascist Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

    1938
    Copyright
    Publicly accessible
    Attribution/Credit

    “Robeson, Paul,” University of Michigan Library Digital Collections, accessed from https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/scl/x-lpf.0969/lpf0969, 10 January 2022.