In 1935, Paul Robeson starred in the film Sanders of the River Paul Robeson gave the part of an African chief to his friend, a man who would ultimately be know as Jomo Kenyatta
Paul Robeson was known as the Pupil of W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote in praise of Stalin
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Joseph Stalin was a great man; few other men of the 20th century approach his stature. He was simple, calm and courageous. He seldom lost his poise; pondered his problems slowly, made his decisions clearly and firmly; never yielded to ostentation nor coyly refrained from holding his rightful place with dignity. He was the son of a serf but stood calmly before the great without hesitation or nerves. But also - and this was the highest proof of his greatness - he knew the common man, felt his problems, followed his fate.
Stalin was not a man of conventional learning; he was much more than that: he was a man who thought deeply, read understandingly and listened to wisdom, no matter whence it came. He was attacked and slandered as few men of power have been; yet he seldom lost his courtesy and balance; nor did he let attack drive him from his convictions nor induce him to surrender positions which he knew were correct. As one of the despised minorities of man, he first set Russia on the road to conquer race prejudice and make one nation out of its 140 groups without destroying their individuality.
Du Bois shown with Mao in China in 1959
Frank Marshall Davis credited Paul Robeson with persuading him to move to Hawaii
In early 1945, the FBI identified Davis as a member of the Carver Second Ward West of the Communist Political Association. The following year, the Bureau identified him as a member of the Carver Club of the Communist Party. Davis' wife, meanwhile, was a member of the Paul Robeson Club of the Communist Party of Chicago.
"Biography Hawaii: Koji Ariyoshi” is part of Conybeare’s “Rice and Roses” PBS series. According to Conybeare’s video, before hiring Frank Marshall Davis, Koji Ariyoshi joined the WW2-era Military Intelligence Service/OSS—predecessor to the CIA—and used his language skills to land himself a position as U.S. military liaison to Communist forces in China—working personally with Mao Zedong.
The Record employed the services of Frank Marshall Davis almost immediately upon his arrival in Hawaii. ILWU Chief Jack Hall and Honolulu Record editor Ariyoshi were among the Honolulu Seven defendants identified as key leaders of the Communist Party in Hawaii and convicted in 1953 of “conspiring to teach and advocate the overthrow of the government by force and violence.” Their convictions were reversed January 20, 1958 after the Supreme Court re-interpreted the Smith Act.
LINK FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS & PAUL ROBESON FBI FILES
On February 27, 1951, fifty-four year old Shirley Graham and eighty-four year old W.E.B. DuBois married in New York City. For the next decade, the famous couple fought a number of legal battles against the United States government due to his alleged connection to the Communist Party. In 1961, they both renounced their U.S. citizenship and became citizens of Ghana. DuBois died in Accra two years later.
Mr & Mrs Du Bois with Kwame Nkrumah and wife in Accra, Ghana
Malcolm X attended a function in Accra Ghana with Shirley Graham DuBois and Maya Angelou in 1964.
Maya Angelou came to Hawaii just before Malcom was killed, she spent six months in Hawaii with her brother Bailey Johnson Jr, who lived in Hawaii.
Shirley Graham DuBois remained in Accra until the overthrow of her political patron Kwame Nkrumah in 1966. She then moved to Cairo and from there traveled throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and occasionally the U.S. for the next decade to promote her messages of anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism.