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 ...
Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for civil rights made Paul Robeson a global star. He was one of the most famous Americans in the 1930s and 1940s, but McCarthyism ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The legacy of world-renowned entertainer and political activist Paul Robeson lives on in West Philadelphia, where he spent the last few years of his life. Robeson, a ...