This serviceable biography follows Robeson's remarkable career as an actor and activist, attempting to rescue his contributions to the stage and the political scene from the pall cast over them by a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The shocking outbreak of violence in Cortlandt Manor in 1949 surrounding performances by Paul Robeson, the renowned Black ...

At the end of his life, famed singer, actor, activist and athlete Paul Robeson came to live in West Philadelphia in 1966 with his sister Marian R. Forsythe in a three-story home at 4951 Walnut St.

Over the course of his life Paul Robeson went from being a popular international cinema star, renowned for his role in the musical Show Boat singing Ol' Man River, to being an outspoken civil rights ...

Paul Robeson listens to a speech during the Peace Partisans World Congress in Moscow, April 20, 1949. Robeson lost his passport in 1950. Credit - INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty For the next eight ...

“The Birthplace of College Football” will pay homage to one of its icons. Rutgers University will unveil a mural dedicated to famed student-athlete, activist and artist Paul Robeson on Saturday when ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high school students. Paul ...

In 1949, Paul Robeson performed the “Song of the Jewish Partisans” in Moscow, in the Yiddish original. At a time of rising Stalinist antisemitism, Robeson’s act of solidarity made clear his stand ...

The Fanwood Memorial Library is hosting a one-man show on Feb. 13 celebrating the life and legacy of Paul Robeson. The show, titled “Paul Robeson Through His Words & Music,” is written by Gayle ...

The shocking outbreak of violence in Cortlandt Manor in 1949 surrounding performances by Paul Robeson, the renowned Black bass-baritone and civil rights activist, still resonates 75 years later.