From Women's Lib to Black History - the Old Freedom Slogan Holds True; OPINION

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Byline: ElaineMorgan

WHEN Paul Robeson visited the British Isles, one of the biggest audiences that ever assembled to hear him sing was right here in Mountain Ash.

Wales is the land of song, and the people of the valleys loved his voice and passionately shared his political convictions. For most people in that audience, it was the first time in their lives - and would be the last - that they ever saw a black man. Not much has changed around here in that respect. Nobody would call this area multiracial, and having lived here most of my life, it follows that nearly everyone I know is white. (Tariq Ali once kissed me, on a public occasion in Edinburgh, but that's …