As a successful actor, athlete, singer and activist, Paul Robeson‘s impact on American culture is profound. At the height of his popularity, he was a cultural leader in the war against fascism abroad ...

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On Robeson, opera singer Davóne Tines pays tribute to the musician often remembered for singing "Ol' Man River." Tines' album pairs well with the 14-CD album Paul Robeson: Voice of Freedom. This is ...

Singer Paul Robeson and his wife, Eslanda, are shown at they arrived at Southampton, England, July 10, 1939. Credit: AP file Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Part of the legacy of racism and white ...

Communist, fellow traveler, red, pinko, commie, useful idiot — the searing epithets of the Cold War have lost their sting but in their day they were lacerating. Depending on where the recipient was ...

Davóne Tines plays Paul Robeson in a solo show on Little Island that weaves together the words and music of this American hero to tell his story. By Oussama Zahr An interracial soirée that included ...

Singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson is receiving a street in his honor in Philadelphia Robeson was blacklisted for his international activism during the Cold War The Paul Robeson House in West ...

Before it was officially denoted the Paul Robeson House, the property at the corner of Witherspoon and Green Street was everything from a grocery store to a private residence to a rooming house.

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With the debt burden lifted, the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is one step closer to adding programming to attract younger people to the house and museum. Paul Robeson House Executive Director ...

A preeminent artist-activist of the mid-twentieth century, his banishment by the studios lasted longer than any other performer of the blacklist era — twenty-five years, ending only with his death. By ...