BLAK's OURSTORY MONTH!

For those of ya wondering, the ECONOMY will FALL when it does so no mo' dates or PREDICTIONS but it's all happening as WE speak!

That above is a pic of a WINNER! Unfortunately, Mr Paul Robeson doesn't get enough credit for a lot of the things he did & if I can help it, WE at b2a are gonna put an end to that! This GIANT of a MAN was born in Princeton NJ in 1898 & passed away SAD & DEJECTED but never DEFEATED in Philly in 1976. I covered him in my book, I ain't perfeKt but take it from Me (http://www.lulu.com/shop/blak-smith/i-aint-perfekt-but-take-it-from-me/paperback/product-18623064.html)# but covering this GIANT on 2 pages of a book doesn't even begin to scratch the surface.The purpose of naming this article what I did was to let y'all know that too many who were too GOOD  to US died & not enough of US know what they did & why they did it! Please allow Me to cover just some of what Mr Robeson did for his peepo.


* was a standout collegiate football player at Rutgers University


* entered Columbia University after leaving NYU bcuz he wasn't COMFORTABLE there.


* was a Broadway & movie Actor, singer & orator. Soon after marrying his wife, Eslanda Goode, went into the theater & if ya like older music, check out his version of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVEzygI83EM


* played pro football for the Akron Pro's & the Milwaukee Badgers while still attending COLLEGE! 


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* worked as an Attorney but soon became wary of all of the RACISM! Became a fixture at the Schomburg in Harlem NY during the Renaissance Period.


* Paul Robeson Jr was born November 1927 while Senior was touring Europe.

* enrolls back in college to learn many languages & to find his heritage. Soon after, goes to Russia & sympathizes with them & their Communistic views. Paul declares himself a Communist & is recognized as the pre-eminent Afrikan American Actor bar none.


* became an Activist using the platform afforded to him by FAME! Speaks out on behalf of those losing in War due to imperialist governments.

* Announced that he would no longer appear in movies/plays that put the race in a negative light. The FBI labels 1 of his movies (Native Land) as communist PROPAGANDA. Now remember, these were the days of Mcarthyism.


* toured America in his play Othello & tried to get the colonial powers to stop exploiting Afrika to no avail.
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This is the Blak Smith again & what I most know Mr Robeson for was that he was the 1st that I know of who said that in order for JUSTICE to take place, that they must be TRIED on WAR CRIMES in a WORLD COURT based on violating HUMAN RIGHTS! http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6440/. That link is TESTIMONY & is GANGSTER! For that, this Man became DANGEROUS & this is posited as the main reason why Malcolm X was killed a few years later! Did y'all know that a senate committee had Jackie Robinson TESTIFY AGAINST Robeson for his views? Robinson regretted it for the rest of his LIFE & basically died of a BROKEN HEART after all he went thru & before ya start judging, remember that this was all in the 1940-50's. Anyhoo...................in February 2015, the Blak Smith is gonna bring out some of OUR more UNHERALDED HERU's so that WE can KNOW that there is so much to US! Do ya DUE DILIGENCE & like WE always say here it's WARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR & HOLLA BLAK!