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Paul Robeson as Political Campaigner

    Black and white photo. Paul Robeson stands at microphones that are positioned on a podium on a raised stage. A banner that reads PROGESSIVE PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION hangs from a wire. People below the stage are moving about doing various things. A policeman wearing sunglasses stands near the stage.

    Paul Robeson speaks at the Progressive Party’s 1948 national convention in Shibe Park, Philadelphia. The convention nominated former Democratic Vice President Henry A. Wallace as the Progressive Party’s presidential candidate.

    24 July 1948
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    Photo by Frank Johnson, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries (TUL), Philadelphia, PA, courtesy of TUL.