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Eslanda Cardozo Goode was born in Washington, D.C., on December 15, 1895. [2] Her maternal great-grandparents were Isaac Nunez Cardozo, a Sephardic Jew whose family was expelled from Spain in the 17th century, [3] and Lydia Weston, who was of partial African descent and had been enslaved and then manumitted in 1826 by Plowden Weston in Charleston, South Carolina.
Robeson family Douglass family: ... Paul Robeson (1898–1976) m. Eslanda Goode. Paul Robeson Jr. (1927–2014) m. Marilyn Paula Greenberg David (died 1998) Susan ...
The only group on the Communist Left led by African-American women, Sojourners for Truth and Justice's members included newspaper editor Charlotta Bass, Angie Dickerson and Shirley Graham Du Bois, activist Dorothy Hunton, Louise Thompson Patterson, the young poet and actor Beulah Richardson, and writer Eslanda Goode Robeson.
Eslanda Goode Robeson: American anthropologist, author, actor and civil rights activist 1896-12-12 1965-12-13 Estelle Lazer: Australian archaeologist Esther Boise Van Deman: American archaeologist 1862-10-01 1937-05-03 Esther de Pommery: Swiss activist Esther Hermitte: Argentine anthropologist 1921 1990 Esther Newton: Anthropologist 1940
Robeson began dating Eslanda "Essie" Goode [60] and after her coaxing, [61] he made his theatrical debut as Simon in Ridgely Torrence's Simon of Cyrene. [62] After a year of courtship, they were married in August 1921. [63] Robeson was recruited by Fritz Pollard to play for the NFL's Akron Pros while he continued his law studies. [64]
Here I Stand is a 1958 book written by Paul Robeson with the collaboration of Lloyd L. Brown. While Robeson wrote many articles and speeches, Here I stand is his only book. It has been described as part manifesto, part autobiography. [1] It was published by Othello Associates and dedicated to his wife Eslanda Goode Robeson. [2]
Robeson was considered for the lead role in the film version of the comedy play The Blacks by the French dramatist Jean Genet. Robeson and his wife/manager, Eslanda Cardozo Goode , reviewed the film script and declined.
Eslanda Goode Robeson, wife of Paul Robeson gave a speech about Africa. [1] [2] [8] 19 th: San Antonio, Texas: December 27, 1947 – December 31, 1947: Resolution to call on Congress to admit to the U.S. 100,000 selected refugees and displaced persons for the next four years in addition to the regular quota. Formal adoption and copyright of the ...