{"id":16162,"date":"2025-01-20T06:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T05:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16162"},"modified":"2025-01-23T22:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T21:23:17","slug":"episode-326-paul-robeson-unchained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/episode-326-paul-robeson-unchained\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 326. Paul Robeson Unchained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 326. Paul Robeson Unchained<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1401-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-eyes-on-the-prize.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16578\" style=\"width:449px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-eyes-on-the-prize.jpg 321w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-eyes-on-the-prize-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Martin Luther King Day and the day before the reinauguration of King Ubu of the Divided States of America, is an appropriate time to revisit the life and legacy of the great Paul Robeson. Both great Americans, King and Robeson, were met with great resistance, incomprehension, and opposition in their day. While Dr. King is now justly celebrated with a national holiday, his legacy is often watered down by those, even right-wing extremists, that seek to attach their own agenda to his progressive legacy. Paul Robeson returned to his native country during the dark days of World War II. Shortly after the war ended, Robeson was also subject to incomprehension and oppression related to his embrace of Communism, which led to him being blacklisted and his passport being rescinded. Finally in 1958, after eight years of being hounded by the FBI, Paul Robeson finally regained the right to travel abroad. During the years of his blacklisting, he had effectively been unable to support himself. In thanks to his supporters following his emancipation, Robeson gave a celebratory concert on June 1, 1958 at his home church, Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Harlem. Shortly thereafter, he departed on years\u2019 long sojourn abroad. His first stop was the Royal Albert Hall in London, where he performed on August 10, 1958, the beginning of a nationwide tour across the UK. Thereafter he visited other countries as well, including East Germany, where he was particularly celebrated and revered and where, in 1959 in an East Berlin recording studio, he made a new recording of old and new favorites with his frequent collaborator Earl Robinson. Rare selections from each of these events are featured on this episode, which is enhanced with excerpts from, and commentary by, Paul Robeson on his greatest stage success, the title role in Shakespeare\u2019s <em>Othello<\/em>, a work which is distressingly relevant as the United States faces its greatest challenge in recent history. This episode is both a celebration of one of the greatest patriots our country has known as well as a warning of the pitfalls that await a nation that chooses to ignore or misrepresent those great Americans in lieu of hate-filled opportunists.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-HUAC-1024x772.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-HUAC-1024x772.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-HUAC-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-HUAC-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-HUAC.png 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Fervent.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Fervent.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Fervent-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Fervent-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Edward C. Purcell, anonymous text collected Thomas Ford: Passing By. Paul Robeson, Earl Robinson [recorded Berlin 1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-and-Lawrence-Brown.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-and-Lawrence-Brown.png 684w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-and-Lawrence-Brown-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson and Lawrence Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Robeson Live at Zion AME Church, Harlem [01 June 1958]. Lawrence Brown, assisting artist (unless otherwise noted).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): Swing Low, Sweet Chariot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): No More Auction Block for Me<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional: Chinese Children\u2019s Song<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earl Robinson, Allen Lewis: The House I Live In. Alan Booth, pianist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-and-Alan-Booth-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-and-Alan-Booth-1.png 435w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-and-Alan-Booth-1-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson and Alan Booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Keyboard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Keyboard.png 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Keyboard-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Robeson Live at Royal Albert Hall, London [10 August 1958]. Lawrence Brown and Bruno Raikin, pianists (as noted)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): Ev\u2019ry Time I Feel the Spirit [LB]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): Ezekiel Saw the Wheel [LB]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): I\u2019ll Hear the Trumpet Sound [LB]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): Get on Board, Little Children [LB]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional French: L\u2019amour de moy [BR]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Russian (arranged Bromberg): Volga Boatman [BR]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earl Robinson, Alfred Hayes: Joe Hill [BR]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, Paul Robeson (revised words): Old Man River (<em>Show Boat<\/em>) [BR]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Young-and-Beautiful.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Young-and-Beautiful.webp 822w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Young-and-Beautiful-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Young-and-Beautiful-768x502.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Robeson \u2013 Das andere Amerika [recorded Berlin 1959]. Earl Robinson, pianist<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Robinson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16588\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Robinson.jpg 330w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Robinson-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Earl Robinson and Paul Robeson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Traditional American, arr. Avery Robinson: Water Boy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional: Hassidic Chant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): There Is a Balm in Gilead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>George H. Clutsam: My Curly-Headed Baby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unknown: The Echo of Our Youth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Irish: Kevin Barry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Preach-It.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Preach-It.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Preach-It-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Preach-It-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Othello-1024x787.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Othello-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Othello-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Othello-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Othello.png 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson on <em>Monitor<\/em>, BBC 12 April 1959<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Robeson interview with Alfred Alvarez on <em>Othello <\/em>[<em>Monitor<\/em>, BBC-TV 12.IV.1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-as-Othello-by-Van-Vechten-715x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-as-Othello-by-Van-Vechten-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-as-Othello-by-Van-Vechten-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-as-Othello-by-Van-Vechten.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>William Shakespeare: excerpts from <em>Othello<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2028\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"16595\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-and-Uta-Hagen-in-Othello-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-and-Uta-Hagen-in-Othello-scaled.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-and-Uta-Hagen-in-Othello-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"513\" data-id=\"16593\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Ferrer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Ferrer.jpg 502w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Ferrer-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ha, I like not that. Paul Robeson, Jos\u00e9 Ferrer, Uta Hagen [1943]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A word or two before you go. Paul Robeson [live Carnegie Hall 09.V.1958]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Hagen-Ferrer-Life-Magazine-Otello-TRIMMED-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Hagen-Ferrer-Life-Magazine-Otello-TRIMMED-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Hagen-Ferrer-Life-Magazine-Otello-TRIMMED-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Hagen-Ferrer-Life-Magazine-Otello-TRIMMED-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Hagen-Ferrer-Life-Magazine-Otello-TRIMMED.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Relaxed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16594\" style=\"width:556px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Relaxed.jpg 387w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-Relaxed-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Robeson Live at Zion AME Church, Harlem [01 June 1958]. Lawrence Brown, pianist<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lawrence-Brown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16596\" style=\"width:482px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lawrence Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thank You Speech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): Jacob\u2019s Ladder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeson.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual (arranged Lawrence Brown): Deep River. Earl Robinson [Berlin 1959]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeston-testimony.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16598\" style=\"width:514px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeston-testimony.jpg 268w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Robeston-testimony-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 326. 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