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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.
Eslanda is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Notable people with the name include: Eslanda Goode Robeson (1895–1965), American anthropologist, author, actor, and civil rights activist
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]
Early voting is being held behind the Robeson County Board of Elections Office at the Pine Street Center. Early voting ballots can be cast from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday through Friday, and ...
Robeson was born in Brooklyn to lawyer, actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson and chemist, author and activist Eslanda Goode Robeson. As his family moved to Europe, he grew up in England (visiting the St Mary's Town and Country School in London) and Moscow, in the Soviet Union. In Moscow, he attended an elite school.
Borderline is a 1930 film, written and directed by Kenneth Macpherson and produced by the Pool Group in Territet, Switzerland.The silent film, with English title cards, is primarily noted for its handling of the contentious issue of interracial relationships, using avant-garde experimental film-making techniques, and is today very much part of the curriculum [where?] of the study of modern ...
Big Fella is a 1937 British musical drama film directed by J. Elder Wills and starring Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch and Roy Emerton. It is loosely based on the novel Banjo by Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay .