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Radio 3,03 Apr 2020,14 mins

Series Paul Robeson in Five Songs

5. Joe Hill

The Essay

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Marybeth Hamilton summons up the ghosts of both Joe Hill and Paul Robeson as she explores the ways Robeson was so completely erased from culture and memory for many Americans. ‘If any one song in Robeson’s repertoire sums up those histories of denial and silencing it is Joe Hill.’ Producer: Mark Burman

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