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OCR: CHRONOLOGY APRIL 9, 1898 Bom Paul Le Roy Robeson, in Princeton, New Jersey. 1913 Wins scholarship to Rutgers University. 1922 Appears in "Voodoo" in London with Mrs. Patrick Campbell. 1933 Appears in screen version of "All God's Chillun Got Wings." 1941 Cofounds the U.S. Council for African Affairs. 1950 Is blacklisted and has his passport canceled by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. 1952 Awarded the Stalin peace prize. JUNE 26, 1958 Receives standing ovation in Camegie Hall, New York, at his first U.S. recital since being blacklisted. 1958 Publication of his autobiography, "Here I Stand." JANUARY 23, 1976 Dies in Philadelphia.