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===Stalin Peace Prize===
===Stalin Peace Prize===
[[File:Robesonand fast.jpg|thumb|235px|right|Singer Paul Robeson (left) shortly after the [[Peekskill riots]]. [http://www.trussel.com/hf/pkphotos.htm] [[Howard Fast]] stands on the right. Fast presented Robeson with the [[Stalin Peace Prize]] in a ceremony in [[New York]] after Robeson was denied a passport to travel to [[Moscow]] to accept it. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/vieilles_annonces/3655546564/] ]]
In 1952, Robeson was awarded the [[Stalin Peace Prize]]. In April 1953 shortly after Joseph Stalin's death he wrote a eulogy entitled ''To You Beloved Comrade'',<ref>[http://www.northstarcompass.org/nsc9804/robeson.htm ''To You Beloved Comrade”]</ref> which included these sentiments:
In 1952, Robeson was awarded the [[Stalin Peace Prize]]. In April 1953 shortly after Joseph Stalin's death he wrote a eulogy entitled ''To You Beloved Comrade'',<ref>[http://www.northstarcompass.org/nsc9804/robeson.htm ''To You Beloved Comrade”]</ref> which included these sentiments:
:"Forever will his name be honored and beloved in all lands. In all spheres of modern life, the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. … his contributions to the science of our world society remains invaluable. One reverently speaks of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin -- the shapers of humanity's richest present and future. … Yes, through his [Stalin's] deep humanity, by his wise understanding, he leaves us a rich and monumental heritage. ... How consistently, how patiently, he labored for peace and ever increasing abundance, with what deep kindliness and wisdom."<ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1544</ref>
:"Forever will his name be honored and beloved in all lands. In all spheres of modern life, the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. … his contributions to the science of our world society remains invaluable. One reverently speaks of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin -- the shapers of humanity's richest present and future. … Yes, through his [Stalin's] deep humanity, by his wise understanding, he leaves us a rich and monumental heritage. ... How consistently, how patiently, he labored for peace and ever increasing abundance, with what deep kindliness and wisdom."<ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1544</ref>