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Resource	Text: Article
Title	Paul Robeson: Salute to the voice of freedom
Creator Contributors	Bob Evans, Author
Abstract/Description	One of the last times Robeson spoke and sang publicly in the name of justice and liberty was at the Sydney Opera House. It was 1960 and the Age of Aquarius was dawning. In America, Martin Luther King, Angela Davis and Malcolm X were marching to the front of the black civil-rights campaign. In Sydney, the Opera House was little more than a construction site. Robeson christened the Opera House by singing on the concrete foundations of what was to become the Concert Hall stage. He sang to an audience of building workers and the site management staff of the construction company, Civil and Civic.
Related Events	Paul Robeson Performs for Construction Workers, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW, 9 November 1960
Source	Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald
Item URL	https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/paul-robeson-salute-to-the-voice-of-freedom-20170703-gx3l64.html
Date Issued	19 September 1987
Date Notes	Republished online 13 July 2017 — 1:51pm
Language	English
Citation	Bob Evans, Paul Robeson: Salute to the voice of freedom, Good Weekend, 19 September 1987
Data Set	AusStage
Resource Identifier	65171