Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration
Resources About Paul Robeson (1898-1976)
Past Centennial Events and Exhibitions
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Broadcasts
Broadcasts and Magazines
The Hammer Magazine Paul Robeson issue (Spring/Summer 1998, V4)
The Hammer, attn: Stephen Paulmier, 64 West Penn Street,
Philadelphia PA 19144; 215-849-2793, fax: 215-849-5737; email:
Steelhammr@aol.com
Sing Out! magazine
feature article on Paul Robeson, written by Irwin Silber; Spring
1998 issue (V.42#4, Feb 1998, $5.50)
BBC "Omnibus" Radio Series -- November 10-11, 1997
-- two 30-minute specials on Paul Robeson
CBC -- Feb 3, 1998
-- Network Radio Documentaries
PRI (Public Radio International) -- Saturdays, February 14 and 21, 1998
-- Classically Black: Robeson! (check http://www.pri.org)
A Lifetime Achievement Award was given posthumously to Paul Robeson
at the Grammy Award ceremonies -- February 25, 1998
Pacifica Radio -- April 9, 1998
-- two program segments
Mexico -- April 9, 1998 (21:00) and April 18, 1998 (22:30)
-- radio broadcast (Spanish)
WGBO -- April 9, 1998 --
radio and Internet broadcast
Bravo, The Film and Arts Network --April 9, 1998 at 10:00PM/ET
-- Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
CBC -- April 9, 1998
-- Network Radio Documentaries
PBS -- February 1-3, 9-11 pm (EST)
I'll Make Me A World a documentary celebrating the extraordinary
achievements of
20th-century African-American writers, dancers, painters, actors,
filmmakers, musicians, and other artists, including Paul Robeson, who
was featured in the segment airing on February 2 from 9-10 pm (EST)
BET (Black Entertainment Television) -- February 6, 8 pm (EST)
Scandalize My Name: Stories of the Blacklist, a 60-minute
documentary on the blacklisting of Paul Robeson and other African-American
performers -- on their pay-per-view channel (BET/Stars3)
PBS -- February 24, 9 pm (EST)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand a two-hour documentary,
in observance of African-American History Month
as part of its "American Masters" series. Included exclusive
interviews with friends and family, use of personal papers, letters,
private films, confidential political documents, and his wife's diaries.
Cardiff, Wales, UK -- Saturday April 17, 1999 -- TV documentary
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles -- January 17, 2000 -- celebration
San Francisco -- ongoing -- bronze bust
- Los Angeles
- Saturday, March 21 -- speaker, music reminicenses
- Gene Autrey Museum) -- March 20-22, 1998 -- films, forum, celebration
- Hollywood Entertnmnt Mus
-- February 27 to April 30, 1998 -- film, music, exhibition
- Museum of Tolerance -- April 9, 1998 -- party
- Sunday, May 17, 1998 -- luncheon & program
- June 1, 1998 -- theater
- Oct 1-11, 1998 -- films, symposium
- September 12 - December 31, 1998 -- African-American Museum -- exhibit
- September 10 - December 31, 1998 -- Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences -- poster exhibit
- September 27 to November 27, 1998 -- Cecil Fergerson Gallery -- exhibit,
panel, concerts
- October 27, Tuesday, 7pm -- The Collector's Paul Robeson
-- lecture, concert
- November 8, Sunday, 2pm -- Robeson the Man -- panel discussion
- November 22, Sunday, 2pm -- Robeson the Singer -- concert, lecture
- October 24, 1998 (Saturday, 2:30pm) -- program
- October 25, 1998 (Sunday, 2:00pm) -- concert
- December 10, 1998 -- concert
- February 20, 1999 -- event, sports
- Los Angeles -- Sunday, April 18, 1999 -- brunch, concert
San Francisco -- February 15, 1998 -- celebration
Oakland -- March 27, 1998 -- concert
San Francisco -- March 28, 1998 -- award ceremony
Thousand Oaks -- Sunday, April 5, 1998, 5:00-6:30pm -- radio program
Santa Barbara (Library Main Branch, Faulkner Gallery) -- April 9, 1998
-- film, music, readings
Berkeley (Berkeley Art Museum) -- April 9, 1998 (Thursday)
-- film retrospective
Berkeley -- Sunday, April 26, 1998 -- celebration
Oakland -- Saturday, May 9, 1998 -- performance and speeches
San Francisco -- June 20 - June 27 -- exhibition
San Jose -- June 25, 1998 -- film showing and tribute
San Francisco -- June 27 & 28, 1998 -- celebration
San Francisco -- Thursdays, July 2 9 16 23 30, 1998 -- films
San Francisco -- July 12, 1998 -- program
San Francisco -- Friday, August 21, 1998 -- concert
San Francisco -- Sunday, August 23, 1998 -- concert
Berkeley -- October 19, 1998 -- lecture
Carson -- February 13 - April 18, 1999 -- exhibition, programs
Carson -- February 13 - April 18, 1999 -- exhibition
San Jose -- ongoing events]
CONNECTICUT
U of Connecticut -- November 11, 1999 -- Panel Discussion
New Haven (New Haven Peoples Center) -- February 22, 1998 (Sunday)
-- music, stories, speech
New Haven (Yale University) -- April 9, 1998 (Thursday)
-- photo exhibition and tea
Enfield -- April 9, 1998 -- concert, readings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington (National Gallery of Art) -- late January-February 1998
-- Film Retrospective
Washington -- April 9, 1998 -- concert
Washington (Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery)
-- Feb. 1 - April 30, 1999 -- exhibit
DELEWARE
Newark -- Saturday, April 18 -- broadcast
Newark -- February 25, 1999 -- exhibit
FLORIDA
Tallahassee -- April 9, 1998 -- musical tribute
Miami -- Saturday, April 11, 1998 -- panel discussion, dance
Gainesville -- April 26, 1998 -- celebration
Miami -- Sunday, April 26 - May 10, 1998 -- exhibit
Fort Lauderdale -- April 26 - May 31, 1998 -- theater
Gainesville -- Sunday, September 27, 1998 -- recital
Miami -- November, 1998 -- commemorative program
ILLINOIS
Metropolitan Chicago
Macomb -- April 15, 1998 -- song, drama, speech
Metropolitan Chicago
METROPOLITAN CHICAGO:
February 7, 1998 -- music -- Trinity UCC
February 9, 1998 -- discussion -- Peace Museum
February 20, 1998 -- spoken theater
March 21, 1998 (Saturday) -- conference panel -- Swisshotel
February 18 - April 8, 1998 (Wednesdays) -- an 8 week course -- Duncan YMCA
April 1 thru 1998 -- Paul Robeson exhibit -- South Shore Cultural Center
April 2, 1998 -- discussion -- Harold Washington Library Center
April 4, 1998 -- Teachers Conference -- South Shore Cultural Center
April 4, 1998 -- choral concert -- South Shore Cultural Center
April 5, 1998 -- speakers -- Third Unitarian Church
April 7, 1998 -- speakers -- Oak Park Public Library
April 8, 1998 -- celebration -- Paul Robeson High School
April 9, 1998 -- film -- Harold Washington Library Center
April 9, 1998 -- Citywide Centennial Celebration
-- South Shore Cultural Center
April 10, 1998 -- film -- South Shore Cultural Center
February 14 - April 25, 1998 -- exhibition -- Peace Museum
March 23 - April 24, 1998 -- mini-exhibition -- Harold Washington Library
April 1 thru 1998 -- Paul Robeson exhibit -- South Shore Cultural Center
April 15, 1998 -- keynote and choral concert -- Harold Washington Library Center
April 16, 1998 -- film -- Harold Washington Library Center
April 18, 1998 -- panel, music, drama -- Northwestern University
April 18, 1998 (Saturday) -- theater -- New Regal Theater
April 19, 1998 -- panel -- Woodson Regional Library
April 23, 1998 -- film -- Harold Washington Library Center
April 24, 1998 -- panel discussion -- Center for Inner City Studies
April 30 - September 30, 1998 -- mini-exhibit -- Columbia College
April 30, 1998 -- film -- Harold Washington Library Center
May 25, 1998 (Monday) -- staged play reading -- ETA Creative Arts Foundation
June 18, 1998 (Thursday) -- Columbia College -- panel
June 27, 1998 -- concert
July 10 - July 31, 1998 (each Friday) -- film series
-- Film Center, School of the Art Institute
December 5, 1998 (Saturday) -- Roosevelt University -- performances
Skokie -- February 2, 1999 -- play (for children)
INDIANA
Indianapolis -- January 26, 2000 - February 13 (or 26), 2000 --
theater
Indianapolis -- April 1-29, 1998 -- exhibit
KANSAS
Lawrence -- September 16, 1998 -- lecture
LOUISIANA
New Orleans -- March 29-April 3, 1998 -- weeklong celebration
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston (various area theaters) -- April 1998
-- Film Retrospective
Cape Cod -- Sunday-Monday, June 21 & 22, 1998 -- performance
]Tolland -- Saturday, August 8 - Sunday, August 9, 1998 -- games
Newton (Institute for Multicultur) -- ??? -- films, etc.
MARYLAND
Baltimore -- Sunday, July 19, 1998 -- celebration
MAINE
Portland (Agape Center) -- April 8, 1998 (Wednesday) -- music, stories, film
MICHIGAN
Detroit -- January 21, 1998 -- planning meeting
Detroit (Museum of African American History)
-- January 30, January 31-June 30, 1998 -- exhibition
Detroit (WCHB, 1200-AM) -- February 2, 1998 -- radio program
Detroit (Hartford Memorial Baptist Church) -- March 1, 1998 -- oration
Detroit (WGPR radio) -- April 1, 1998 all day -- radio spots
Detroit -- April 5, 1998 -- dinner & theatre
Detroit (Eastern Michigan University) -- April 8, 1998 -- speaker
Ann Arbor (U of Michigan) -- April 9, 1998 -- discussion, reception, tour, music
Detroit -- April 9, 1998 -- scholarship banquet
Marquette -- April 9, 1998 -- concert
Detroit (Wayne State University & Paul Robeson Academy)
-- a variety of programs
Southfield (Southfield Public Library) -- May 5, 1998
-- lecture and reception
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis (St. Martin's Table Restaurant)
-- Thursdays, April 9,16,23,30, 1998 -- study group
Minneapolis (Walker Museum) -- June 1998
-- Film Retrospective
MISSOURI
University City (St. Louis) -- May 9, 1998 -- breakfast tribute
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham -- March 26, 1998 -- speech by Martin Duberman
Durham -- Tuesday, May 12, 1998 -- film, discussion
Raleigh -- March 4th through April 9th, 1999 -- celebration
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord -- February 15, 1999 -- theater and symposium
NEW JERSEY
Newark-- February 21, 1998 -- conference
Haledon -- March 11, 1998 -- celebration
New Brunswick -- March 11 -- musical
Newark -- January 29-March 14, 1998 -- Exhibition
New Brunswick -- March 28-29, 1998 -- theater
Camden -- March 29, 1998 -- concert
Newark -- March 30, 1998 -- lecture, multi-media presentation
Newark -- March 31, 1998 -- documentary
Newark -- April 1, 1998 -- theater
Camden -- March 20 - April 3, 1998, 10:30am -- concert
Camden -- April 2, 1998 -- exhibition
Camden -- April 3,4 & 6, 1998 -- theater
New Brunswick -- April 2-5, 1998 -- theater
Princeton -- Saturday, April 4, 1998 -- concert
Westfield -- April 5-9, 1998 -- celebration
Branchburg -- April 9, 1998 -- speech
New Brunswick -- April 19, 1998 -- symposium
Camden -- March 9 thru May 2, 1998 -- Photo Exhibition
Camden -- March 9-May 2, 1998 -- school programs
Camden -- April 1-22, 1998 -- film festival
New Brunswick -- April 5-July 31, 1998 -- travelling exhibit
Piscataway -- April 1998 -- exhibition, films, discussions, theater
New Brunswick -- April 17 - 25, 1998 -- films
East Brunswick -- April 22, 1998 -- film
New Brunswick -- April 26, 1998 -- family day
Camden -- May 1-2, 1998 -- exhibition
New Brunswick -- June 3 - July 15, 1998 -- exhibition
New Brunswick -- April 5-July 31, 1998 -- travelling exhibit
Ocean Grove -- September 19, 1998 -- concert, lecture, videos, ...
Teaneck -- October 17 - November 21, 1998 -- festival
Trenton --
various events
NEW YORK
Rochester (Shipping Dock Theatre) -- October 3-26, 1997 -- theater
This production is available to travel
New York (Film Forum) -- January 16-27, 1998
-- Film Retrospective
New York (New York University) -- February 2, 1998
-- panel, keynote, film, reception
New York City (The Club at La Mama) -- February 16, 1998 -- performance
New York City (Theatre Row Theatre) -- February 16, 1998 -- theater
New York City (Manhattan Plaza) -- February 16, 1998 -- film
Brooklyn (Long Island University) -- Saturday, February 28, 1998
-- all-day commemoration
Queens & Manhatten -- March 23 & 25, 1998
-- theater for school audiences (new play
by Ossie Davis)
Manhasset, L.I. -- April 4, 1998 -- concert
Syracuse -- Thursday, April 9, 1998 -- celebration
Peekskill -- April 18, 1998 -- readings, music
New York City -- April 18th, 1998 -- symposium
Eastchester (Westchester County) -- April 22, 1998 -- tribute
Brooklyn (Paul Robeson High School) -- April, 1998 -- many events
Mahopac -- Friday, April 24th -- video
New York City -- May 31, 1998 -- exhibit and speech
New York -- July 13, 1998 and remainder of summer -- theater
New York City (Tamiment Library) -- beginning February 2, 1998
-- exhibition
New York City (Museum of the City of New York)
-- June 1 - Sept 30, 1998 -- exhibit
Peekskill -- April 9, 1999 -- celebration
Albany -- May 10, 1999 -- performance celebration
New York (Paul Robeson Foundation) -- ??? -- exhibition
New York City -- February 26, 2005 --
panel & discussion
OHIO
Columbus (Wexner Center for the Arts) -- February 1998
-- Film Retrospective
Youngstown -- November 15, 1998 -- performances
OKLAHOMA
Lawton (Cameron University) -- February 22, 1998 -- vocal concert
OREGON
Ashland -- March 8, 1998 -- readings and music
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia (Paul Robeson Home) -- ongoing -- exhibition
Coatesville -- February 28, 1998 -- concert
Lincoln University -- April 5, 1998 -- concert
Philadelphia -- Every Thursday in April, 1998 -- film on TV
Lancaster -- April 24, 1998 -- concert
Philadelphia -- April 28, 1998 -- lecture and book signing
Philadelphia -- April 28-30, 1998 -- exhibit
Philadelphia -- May 3,4,9, 1998 -- films
Philadelphia (Free Library of Philadelphia) -- April-July 19, 1998
-- exhibition
Philadelphia -- May 27-July 31, 1998 -- Art Exhibition
Philadelphia -- June 20-21, 1998 -- exhibit
New Castle -- July 23 and July 26, 1998 -- celebration
Lincoln -- October 24 to December 15, 1998 -- exhibition
Philadelphia -- October 29, 1998 -- forum
Clarion -- November 11, 1998 -- concert
Philadelphia -- Friday, November 20, 1998 -- song, poetry, etc.
Harrisburg -- Wednesday, February 10, 1999 -- seminar
Philadelphia -- February 22, 1999 - concert and commentary
Philadelphia -- February 26, 1999 - concert and lecture
RHODE ISLAND
Providence -- Thursday, April 9, 1998 -- exhibit
Providence -- April 23, 1998 -- film
TEXAS
Beaumont (Jefferson Theatre) -- February 14, 1998
-- A Recital of Negro Spirituals
Houston -- Thursday, April 9, 1998 --
official proclamation
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville -- April 9, 1998 -- theater, variety performances
Portsmouth -- January 28 - March 28,1999 -- exhibition
WASHINGTON
Seattle -- April 4, 1998 -- celebration and awards ceremony
WISCONSIN
Madison (WORT-FM Community Radio 89.9FM) -- Week of April 5-12, 1998
-- broadcasts
Madison (WilMar Neighborhood Center) -- April 11, 1998 (Saturday)
-- speaker, potluck dinner
Milwaukee -- May 16, 1999 -- service and concert
CANADA
White Rock, BC -- May 18, 2002
--
Robeson Peace Arch Concert Anniversary
Montreal -- October 28-31, 1999 -- panel --
American Studies Association: Paul Robeson's Identities
Toronto -- April 6-11, 1998
-- Centennial Celebration
Vancouver, British Columbia -- Saturday, April 18, 1-3pm -- music
EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST
Basel, Switzerland -- February 8, 1998 -- film, speech
Porthcawl, Wales -- April 4, 1998 -- concert
Liverpool, UK -- April 6-11, 1998 -- film, recordings, theater, workshops
Tampere, Finland -- April 9, 1998, 1605-1700 Finnish time -- broadcast
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine -- April 9, 1998 -- broadcasts
Berlin, Germany -- April 12, 1998 -- concert
London, UK -- April 1998 -- film retrospective
Liverpool, UK -- April 8 to May 8, 1998 -- exhibition
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, Norway -- April 15 + April 20, 1998
-- broadcast
London, UK -- April 16-17-(18?), 1998 -- conference, exhibition
Langenthal, Switzerland -- May 3, 1998 -- choir concert
Berne, Switzerland -- Sunday, May 3, 1998 -- broadcast
Berne, Switzerland -- May 4, 1998 -- film
Vaasa, Finland -- May 22, 1998 -- International Labor Chorus Festival
Birmingham, UK -- July 4, 1998 -- commemorative concert
Lisbon, Portugal -- September, 5th -- concert
Basel, Switzerland -- November 21, 1998 -- commemoration
Zurich, Switzerland -- December 15, 1998 -- film, songs
Cardiff, Wales, UK -- Saturday April 17, 1999 -- TV documentary
PACIFIC RIM
Melbourne, Australia -- March 2, 1998 (Monday) -- meeting
Sydney, Australia -- April 2-15, 1998 -- exhibition
Sydney, Australia -- April 9, 1998 -- gala concert
Tokyo, Japan -- April 9, 1998 -- music, discussion, concert
Melbourne, Australia -- beginning April 12, 1998 -- exhibit
Melbourne, Australia -- April 19, 1998 (Sunday) -- concert
Often, at a library or community center, there is modest exhibit
space -- frequently a locked glass cabinet.
These can be valuable places to educate visitors about Robeson.
Some "mini exhibits" will concentrate on Robeson-related holdings of a
library or theater, expanded by loans or contributions of books, record
albums, flyers, and playbills from the collections of friends of the library.
In Chicago, we project 6 or more such settings.
EVENTS/EXHIBITS
BOOKS
ARTICLES
COLLECTIONS
MUSIC&RECORDINGS
FILMs&VIDEOs
PHOTOS
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