Paul Robeson is shown performing on stage at Wrigley Field during an event marking the seventieth anniversary of the California Eagle newspaper. Robeson’s appearance at the event, held on September 30, 1949, occurred weeks after his participation in a benefit concert for the Civil Rights Congress in Peekskill, New York resulted in civil unrest. The Los Angeles City Council feared that the appearance of Robeson, an outspoken civil rights activist who had been blacklisted, would lead to similar unrest and passed a formal resolution asking citizens to avoid the event. Nearly 12,000 people attended the concert which proceeded without incident.
Robeson, Paul,--1898-1976 Singers Actors Flags African American men Microphones Wrigley Field (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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