Lafayette College to Host Conference on Paul Robeson; April 7 - 9 Conference Will Inaugurate Series of Major Lafayette Events on History, Culture of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

Byline: Lafayette College

EASTON, Pa., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lafayette College will inaugurate a series of major conferences on the history and culture of civil rights and civil liberties with a three-day conference entitled "Paul Robeson: His History and Development as an Intellectual" on campus April 7-9.

The conference will engage the life of Paul Robeson (1898-1976) - stage and film actor, opera singer, athlete, attorney, political and social activist - who explored, at another time and in another context, some of the same personal and national identity questions that are prominently at issue today. It promises to deepen the national and international discussion on American identity, human interdependency, and our shared responsibilities of security and advancing civil society.

An extensive website on the conference, including a detailed schedule, is available at http://www.lafayette.edu/webdata/robeson/ .

Conference director John T. McCartney, professor of government and law and head of the department, says, "We have invited the leading …