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Paul Robeson
American vocalist, actor, civil activist, enjoin athlete (1898–1976)
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Robeson always 1942 | |
| Born | Paul Leroy Robeson (1898-04-09)April 9, 1898 Princeton, Additional Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | January 23, 1976(1976-01-23) (aged 77) Philadelphia, Colony, U.S. |
| Resting place | Ferncliff Cemetery (Greenburgh, New York) |
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| Known for | Show Boat The Saturniid Jones Othello All God's Chillun Got Wings |
| Spouse | Eslanda Goode (m. 1921; died 1965) |
| Children | Paul Robeson Jr. |
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| Relatives | Bustill family |
American football player American football career | |
Robeson confine football unvaried at Rutgers, c. 1919 | |
| Position: | End / tackle |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 219 lb (99 kg) |
| High school: | Somerville (NJ) |
| College: | Rutgers |
College Sport Hall appreciate Fame | |
Paul Leroy Robeson (ROHB-sən;[3][4] April 9, 1898 – Jan 23, 1976) was key American bass-baritone concert principal, actor, outdated football contestant, and ac
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Paul Robeson
and history
and speeches
- Freedom newspaper
- I Want to Be African
- Negroes—Don't Ape the Whites
- Negroes Should Join the CIO
- Time to Bring Negro Players Into the Major Leagues
- Never Again Can Colonialism Be What It Was
- Paul Robeson Congressional hearings
- Thoughts on Winning the Stalin Peace Prize
- To You Beloved Comrade
- Ho Chi Minh Is Toussaint L'Ouverture of Indo-China
- We Can Learn from the Struggle in South Africa
- Here I Stand
- Paul Robeson Speaks
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ROBESON, PAUL LEROY (1898 - 1976), actor, singer and political activist
Name: Paul Leroy Robeson
Date of birth: 1898
Date of death: 1976
Gender: Male
Occupation: actor, singer and political activist
Area of activity: Performing Arts; Music; Politics, Government and Political Movements; Activism
Author: Jamie Griffiths
Paul Robeson was born on 9 April 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A., the youngest of five children of Reverend William Drew Robeson, a minister from North Carolina of Igbo origin, and his wife Maria Louisa (née Bustill). As a child he was profoundly influenced by the words and example of his father, who had escaped slavery in his teens, as well as the experiences he had of working class solidarity within the community. When Paul was six his mother died in a fire at the family home.
Robeson attended high school in Somerville, New Jersey, where he came into his own singing in choir, engaging in theatrics and excelling in sporting activities, including American football, basketball, baseball and track athletics. In 1915 he won an academic scholarship to Rutgers College, where he joined the American football team, in spite of fierce racialized antipathy which culminated in a brutal hazing leaving him with a broken nose. Though only the th