Editing Paul Robeson (section)

====Invitations to become involved in the civil rights movement====
Robeson was contacted by [[Bayard Rustin]] and [[James Farmer]] and both of them asked him about the possibility of becoming involved in the mainstream of the [[Civil Rights Movement]].{{sfn|Robeson|2001|p=346}}

Because of Rustin's past [[Anti-communism|anti-Communist]] stances, Robeson declined to meet with him. Robeson eventually met with Farmer, but because he was asked to denounce [[Communism]] and the [[Soviet Union]] in order to assume a place in the mainstream, Robeson adamantly declined.{{sfn|Farmer|1985|pp=297–298}}