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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 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]
Eslanda Goode Robeson; Paul Robeson; Paul Robeson Jr. Susan Robeson; W. Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church This page was last edited on 16 August 2024, at 22 ...
Feb. 13—RED SPRINGS — Investigators with the Robeson County Sheriff's Office Homicide and Major Crimes Division have arrested a second suspect in connection to a double homicide that occurred ...
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 ...
Finney was charged with armed robbery and murder after her accomplice was shot and killed by deputies, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Finney was found in a shower stall with a plastic garbage bag over her head, and died ten days later. Jail or Agency: Volusia County Branch Jail; State: Florida; Date arrested or booked: 5/29/2016; Date of ...
Nov. 27—Victims have now been identified in a murder-suicide that left four people dead in Sampson County on Sunday. Sampson County Sheriff's officials said an apparent domestic dispute ...
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]