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Paul Robeson – Actor, Artist, Athlete

Charles Alston via National Archives
A pencil illustration with a large portrait of Paul Robeson and three smaller sketches of Robeson that are accompanied by biographical tidbits.
Biographical illustrations of Paul Robeson's life, 1943.
Source: Charles Alston via National Archives.

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