Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965

LC control no.	nr 88005695
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Robeson, Paul, Mrs., 1896-1965 Robeson, Essie, 1896-1965
Located	Moscow (Russia) London (England)
Birth date	1896-12-15
Death date	1965-12-13
Place of birth	Washington (D.C.)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Anthropology
Affiliation	Columbia University London School of Economics and Political Science Council on African Affairs
Profession or occupation	Authors Actors Civil rights workers
Special note	Old catalog heading: Robeson, Eslanda (Goode) 1896-1965.
Found in	FBI file on Paul Robeson [MI] 1987: reel 1, section 1, file no. 100-8032 (Eslanda Goode Robeson, also known as Mrs. Paul Leroy Robeson and Essie Robeson, b. 12-15-1896) LC in RLIN, 6-21-88 (hdg.: Robeson, Eslanda (Goode), 1896-1965; usage: Mrs. Paul Robeson) Wikipedia WWW site, May 7, 2013 (Eslanda Goode Robeson; wife and business manager of Paul Robeson, American anthropologist, author, actor, activist; b. 1896 in Washington, D.C.; d. 1965 in New York; married Paul Robeson in 1921; attended University of Illinois and graduated from Columbia University with B.S. in chemistry; published her first book in 1930 entitled, Paul Robeson, Negro; began living in London with her husband in 1931; graduated from London School of Economics in 1937 with a degree in anthropology; appeared in movies including Jericho, Big Fella, and Borderline) Black Women in America, Second Edition, accessed April 7, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Robeson, Eslanda Goode; human rights activist, political activist, diarist, intellectual; born 12 December, 1896 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; BS in chemistry from Columbia University (1923); attended the London School of Economics; doctorate in anthropology from Hartford Seminary; politically active, traveled the world, lived in London and Moscow (1930s-1960s); visited Africa (1936), published a diary, African Journey; traveled to Spain to support anti-fascist troops fighting against Franco during Spanish Civil War (1938); co-founder of the Council on African Affairs (CAA) against colonialism in Africa (1941), represented CAA to the founding convention of the United Nations (1945); represented CAA, All-African Peoples Conference, Ghana (1958); supporter of socialist countries, Soviet Union and China, labeled Communist subversives with her husband; moved to the Soviet Union to escape political persecution (1958-1963); returned to US, spoke out against Vietnam war (1963); died 13 December, 1965 in New York, States)