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New Jersey's Paul Robeson (1898 -1976)

Celebrating Black History Month

2020-02-15 14:00:00 2020-02-15 15:00:00 America/New_York New Jersey's Paul Robeson (1898 -1976) Learn about Paul Robeson's life and achievements and his connection with Somerville. Somerville branch - Program Room

Saturday, February 15
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2020-02-15 14:00:00 2020-02-15 15:00:00 America/New_York New Jersey's Paul Robeson (1898 -1976) Learn about Paul Robeson's life and achievements and his connection with Somerville. Somerville branch - Program Room

Somerville branch

Program Room

Learn about Paul Robeson's life and achievements and his connection with Somerville.

Mr. Robeson, son of a former slave, was an American bass baritone concert artist and stage and film actor who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political activism. Educated at Somerville High School, Rutgers College and Columbia University, he was also a star athlete in his youth.  This presentation discusses his life and achievements. 

This program will be presented by Elaine Hershey, from The American Labor Museum

There will be some artifacts at this program.

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Lecture |

TAGS: | #BlackHistoryMonth |

Somerville branch

somerville@sclibnj.org
Phone: 908-458-8445

Hours
Mon, Jul 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jul 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jul 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jul 24 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jul 25 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jul 26 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Jul 27 Closed

Upcoming events

Sat, Jul 26, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Mon, Jul 28, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Mon, Jul 28, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Wed, Jul 30, 10:00am - 11:00am

Thu, Jul 31, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Fri, Aug 01, 10:30am - 11:00am

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Fri, Aug 08, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
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Mon, Aug 11, 10:30am - 11:30am

Mon, Aug 11, 10:30am - 12:30pm
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Tue, Aug 12, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
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Wed, Aug 13, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
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Wed, Aug 20, 6:00pm - 7:15pm
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Fri, Aug 22, 10:30am - 11:30am

Sat, Aug 23, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Mon, Aug 25, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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