Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the worl…

Paul Robeson
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Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies. ✨ Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974, Brunner-Routledge
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