120th birthday of Paul Robeson

(Born 9 April 1898, Princeton, US)

RENOWNED actor,  lawyer, distinguished alumnus of the historic 1920s-1930s Harlem Renaissance of African American history and freedom, internationalist, freedom exponent

(Tina Brooks Sextet, “Back to the tracks” [personnel: Brooks, tenor saxophone; Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Jackie McLean, alto saxophone; Kenny Drew, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums; recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, US, 1 September 1960)

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119th birthday of Paul Robeson

(Born 9 April 1898, Princeton, US)

RENOWNED ACTOR,  lawyer, distinguished alumnus of the historic 1920s-1930s Harlem Renaissance of African American history and freedom, internationalist, freedom exponent

(John Coltrane Quartet, “Wise One” [Coltrane, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; recorded: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US, 27 April 1964])

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60th anniversary of Spike Lee

(Born 20 March 1957, Atlanta, US)

One of the most prolific and distinguished film directors of his generation (releasing over 30 movies in a career, begun 1983, including the classic Malcolm X [1992]), actor, producer, writer, academic

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