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TRIBUTE TO 
ESLANDA ROBESON

INTRODUCTION
ESLANDA ROBESON (Mrs. Paul Robeson), writer, anthropologist, lecturer, world traveler, died in New York City on December 13, 1965. She had been seriously ill for some time but only her family and most intimate friends were aware of it. She continued to write, to cover sessions of the United Nations, to attend conferences and other gatherings and never ceased her voluminous correspondence around the world.
Mrs. Robeson had been a friend of FREEDOMWAYS since its inception. While living in London, she had mailed her first subscription and had written about FREEDOWAYS in the Soviet publications, New Times. 
It would be impossible here to adequately present her life and works in the pages of one issue of the magazine. She had written hundreds of articles and essays; lectures are also in the hundreds. Among her books are African Journey and with Pearl Buck, American Argument. 
The first section which follows consists of Remembrances of Eslanda from friends and associates; the second section consists of selections from her writings.
The drawing of Mrs. Robeson is by artist Elton Fax, also an author and lecturer who has appeared in previous issues of FREEDWAYS.

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