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Paul Robeson - Wikipedia. Paul Leroy Robeson ( / ˈroʊbsən / ROHB-sən; [2] [3] April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.
May 13, 2024 · Paul Robeson (born April 9, 1898, Princeton, N.J., U.S.—died Jan. 23, 1976, Philadelphia, Pa.) was a celebrated American singer, actor, and black activist. Paul Robeson (right), in the title role of Othello, with Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona.
Apr 2, 2014 · Paul Robeson was an acclaimed 20th-century performer known for productions like 'The Emperor Jones' and 'Othello.' He was also an international activist. Search
Paul Leroy Robeson was a Renaissance man who spent most of his life fighting injustice, for which he was roundly persecuted. He was an actor, orator, athlete, lawyer, singer, author, scholar, activist and linguist.
Aug 26, 2006 · Paul Robeson was the epitome of the 20th-century Renaissance man. He was an exceptional athlete, actor, singer, cultural scholar, author, and political activist.
Sep 13, 2011 · Paul Robeson, in 1942, leads Oakland shipyard workers in the singing of the National Anthem National Archives. In April 1949, just as the Cold War was beginning to intensify, actor, singer and...
Paul Robeson. Actor: Show Boat. This handsome, eloquent and highly charismatic actor became one of the foremost interpreters of Eugene O'Neill's plays and one of the most treasured names in song during the first half of the twentieth century.
Jan 23, 2017 · Robeson, who died on this day in 1976 at the age of 77, got a lot done, but he’s not widely remembered today. “Paul Robeson was one of the greatest black internationalists of the twentieth ...
Jun 7, 2013 · The incredible story the legendary bass-baritone Paul Robeson begins with worldwide success, and a bold gambit to end racism in America and abroad. It ends with government persecution and, depending who you believe, depression triggered by drugs secretly administered under the CIA's MKUltra program.
Paul Robeson was the world’s most famous African American in the first half of the twentieth century. Part I of this series looks at Robeson’s background and his meteoric rise to international fame as an incomparable bass-baritone singer and pioneering African American actor for stage and screen.
