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  1. 10. Mai 2007 · On May 18, 1952, singer, actor, athlete, scholar, and political activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976) performs an outdoor concert for more than 25,000 people (estimates range as high as 45,000) gathered on both sides of the United States/Canadian border at Peace Arch Park in Blaine.

  2. The third Peace Arch concert on 1 August 1954 was again presented as a fight for civil liberties, for the right of free movement for Robeson, trade unionists, and progressives across the border, and an effort to win back Robeson’s passport. The crowd of about 30,000 bolstered Robeson’s flagging morale, and provided him with a little income ...

  3. These twin circumstances brought Harvey Murphy and Paul Robeson together for what became an historic concert on an area of parkland known as Peach Arch Park, 50km south of Vancouver, right on the border. Historian Ron Verzuh has researched and written about the concert.

  4. 8. Nov. 2009 · Accompanied by Lawrence Brown on piano, Robeson stood on the back of a flatbed truck and sang many of his popular songs, including Ol' Man River in a rendition that moved many in the audience to tears. Robeson gave three more concerts at the Peace Arch during the 1950s. He died in 1976.

  5. The convention heard Robeson sing over the telephone and promised to organize a concert on the US-Canadian border, and indeed they did. Accompanied by Lawrence Brown on piano, Robeson sang and spoke for 45 minutes.

  6. 12. Feb. 2018 · In the early 1950s, when his passport was confiscated by the State Department, Robeson gave annual concerts at the Peace Arch Park on the Canada-United States border. He was permitted to enter Canada for several concerts in early 1956, but later that year the Canadian government refused to allow Robeson to make a cross-country tour ...

  7. 18. Mai 2002 · Determined to put pressure on the U.S. State Department and to protest Robeson's vilification, the convention delegates invited the singer back for a concert at the Peace Arch Bridge border...