The Man Who Went to War

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A radio play titled “The Man Who Went to War” by Langston Hughes. The play is typed on twenty-two off-white pages in black ink. The first page has [“THE MAN WHO WENT TO WAR” / by / Langston Hughes] typed at the top. Typed below the title is an introduction to be read by Paul Robeson. It begins [Hello, Britain. This is Paul Robeson speaking to you / from New York. Tonight we are bringing you a new / play by one of our leading poets, Langston Hughes. / It is called, “The Man Who Went to War”, and it is / acted and sung for you by an all-Negro cast, - just / a few of your thirteen million Negro allies in the / United States. We, too, are a part of this great / global war against fascism.

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