2010.54.6031

• african american
• ethnicity and race

Poster printed with black, brown, and red ink on white paper. A smiling man in a black suit with a vest chain and a striped tie stands with his hands in his pockets on a white background. A quote by Paul Robeson from a speech at a London rally for Spanish Loyalists in 1937 is printed in red font below the image: "The artist must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative." Smaller text continues at bottom, "Son of a slave who escaped to freedom at age 15 - first black man to be named All-American in college football - Phi Beta Kappa, Rutgers University - Third black graduate from Columbia Law School - studied, spoke and wrote in more than 20 languages - concert artist - stage and screen actor - musicologist - internationalist."