The artist must take sides.

Paul Robeson

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Topic

Art and politics Political neutrality Art Politics

Speaker

Paul Robeson

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The Artist Must Take Sides (Speech)

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Musician Activist

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United States

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Citation

Robeson, Paul. "The Artist Must Take Sides." National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief in aid of the Spanish Refugee Children. 24 June 1937, Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK.

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Whitehead, Alfred North. Adventures of Ideas. The Macmillan Company/Simon and Schuster, 1933, ch. 20, sec. 5.

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Susan Sontag
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Freak Show The New York Review of Books
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Time
1973 1970s 20th century
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Sontag, Susan. "Freak Show." The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 1973.