This informational blog celebrates the life of the multitalented Paul Robeson.Robeson was the preeminient Black artisitic figure of the first half of the 20th century. Robeson was an accomplished athlete,baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, lawyer, Civil Rights and labor activist. Robeson was truly a phenommenal human being. Read this blog to find out more about the life of this fascinating individual.
Note: Compiled by and Reprinted with Permission from Abdul Aklaimat, PhD
BIOGRAPHY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson Archives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson#Paul_Robeson_archives FBI: https://vault.fbi.gov/Paul%20Robeson,%20Sr./ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5UHCi2xy_o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hj93rMc3wc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNgutuM82rM Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/878/paul-robeson
ESLANDA ROBESON (WIFE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eslanda_Goode_Robeson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Ezymqbw-M https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300205855/eslanda
IMAGES https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=paul+robeson+images&client=firefox-b-1-e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwu4zO2KXsAhXLAZ0JHVXgBhcQjJkEegQIChAB&biw=832&bih=344
DOCUMENTARY FILM Here I Stand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUki-v-NvoE Tallest Tree Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPRS-GX9n-A Tallest Tree Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgCtDoFz7TA
LECTURES 1944: https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675032046_Paul-LeRoy-Bustill-Robesons_American-singer_gives-a-speech_candles-lit 1952 International Peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLCndkx1e10 Spain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMRkx4LNK54 Fighting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8RuF0HnW-U
INTERVIEWS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kltEuUrtoPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS-KRBSrhbc Othello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IppiuQ0hD9g 1948 Senate Testimony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y-xfqP6FOE 1956 HUAC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmFjjaFNHKo KPFA 1958: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDb9nM_iiXw
FILM AS ACTOR Body and Soul (1925) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9alUp1pa8 Borderline (1930) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmP1A8IvwB4 Emperor Jones (1933): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4aEe97SVSg Sanders of the River (1935) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwimk3p8DrU The Song of Freedom (1936) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNJqP3KmTh0 Big Fella (1937): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTAfb4oOVXE Native Land (1942) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLiIiKrR6oU
SONGS Greatest Hits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Ay9wX49vM 1946 Spirituals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z7d2OmR_XQ Eight songs: https://rfwilmut.net/Starsof78s/robeson.html With Count Basie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYjE-MWcL4U Scottish miners (1949) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0bezsMVU7c More to the miners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1hLPRnmAjw Danny Boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25orekG1-u0&list=RDz0X0uw9RzUo&index=4 Shenandoah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGepm4mXcU8&list=RDz0X0uw9RzUo&index=6 Old Man River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9WayN7R-s Sixteen Tons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niClWAnP_14 China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJv0jMLLRcw USSR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO6q_mFjEUg
PAUL JR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBnixCkFdC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GOIpyARTyk
TRIBUTES Harry Belafonte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xunfp9s7ICw Gerald Horne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz2q5oClX4c Cornel West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4759EtZHbc SOAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpbF6KFPmk CPUSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1CnDdBgQO0 Rutgers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-szT4uQs0U London Blue Plaque https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/paul-robeson Mountain in USSR http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,800909,00.html
Bibliography http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/robeson/links/books.html