Spirituals for Wounded Loyalists.
PARIS, Feb. 3. Paul Robeson, the famous negro singer, who recently went to Spain to hearten the loyalist soldiers with negro spirituals, is now on his way to England.
He stated today that there were more than 100 negroes from the United States, Cuba and Jamaica fighting in the International Brigade.
Unlike General Franco's Moors, they knew for what they
were fighting. "My proudest moment was when I heard of a young negro from Chicago, Oliver Law, a corporal in the regular army, who went to Spain as a volunteer and was killed in action while
commanding the Lincoln Brigade," he
added.
"I should like to make a film about him. Negro opinion almost unani-
mously supports the loyalist cause for the same reason as it opposed the invasion of Abyssinia.
Robeson sang to the wounded in the Teruel hospitals, many of his listeners being Britons. He witnessed air raids on Valencia and Barcelona that were not directed at military objectives, affecting
only civilians.
As a result of his visit he has decided to help the loyalists by
giving his services at concerts in London and elsewhere.
PARIS, Feb. 3. Paul Robeson, the famous negro singer, who recently went to Spain to hearten the loyalist soldiers with negro spirituals, is now on his way to England.
He stated today that there were more than 100 negroes from the United States, Cuba and Jamaica fighting in the International Brigade.
Unlike General Franco's Moors, they knew for what they
were fighting. "My proudest moment was when I heard of a young negro from Chicago, Oliver Law, a corporal in the regular army, who went to Spain as a volunteer and was killed in action while
commanding the Lincoln Brigade," he
added.
"I should like to make a film about him. Negro opinion almost unani-
mously supports the loyalist cause for the same reason as it opposed the invasion of Abyssinia.
Robeson sang to the wounded in the Teruel hospitals, many of his listeners being Britons. He witnessed air raids on Valencia and Barcelona that were not directed at military objectives, affecting
only civilians.
As a result of his visit he has decided to help the loyalists by
giving his services at concerts in London and elsewhere.
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