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Former Vice President Henry Wallace (L) and actor-singer-activist Paul Robeson (R) with U.S. Congressman Vito Marcantonio. First elected as a Republican in 1934, Marcantonio was elected to six more terms in Congress as a member of the American Labor Party. All three men were heroes to the Rollins family of Harlem in the 1940s. They are shown here before a 1949 rally in Madison Square Garden, supporting Marcantonio's unsuccessful campaign for Mayor of New York City.
Former Vice President Henry Wallace (L) and actor-singer-activist Paul Robeson (R) with U.S. Congressman Vito Marcantonio. First elected as a Republican in 1934, Marcantonio was elected to six more terms in Congress as a member of the American Labor Party. All three men were heroes to the Rollins family of Harlem in the 1940s. They are shown here before a 1949 rally in Madison Square Garden, supporting Marcantonio's unsuccessful campaign for Mayor of New York City.
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