.Paul Robeson (1898-1976) was a multi-talented phenom. He was a bass baritone singer, artist, stage and film actor athlete, activist, attorney and stalwart civil rights activist. The preeminent figure of the 20th century, Robeson's performances in The Emperor Jones and All Chillun Got Wings earned him critical acclaim during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's. He achieved critical acclaim on the London stage in Showboat and later as Othello in the 1930's. Between 1925 and 1961, he recorded more than 276 songs. His wide-ranging voice covered also every genre of American music from popular standards to classical music to folk songs, poetry and political songs. Robeson's activist and sympathy to Soviet policies led to the revocation of his passport during the Cold War. Robeson detailed many of his struggles in his autobiography and manifesto Here I Stand published in1958.
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bio
wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson
images
https://tinyurl.com/5cnc8vpx
documentary video
Here I stand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUki-v-NvoE
Speaks of me as I am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8WWSrwA70s
The Tallest Tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPRS-GX9n-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgCtDoFz7TA
Interviews and lectures
1944 https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675032046_Paul-LeRoy-Bustill-Robesons_American-singer_gives-a-speech_candles-lit
1958 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgCtDoFz7TA
1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxCazQAzwp4
1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puOIdh944vk
politics
Peekskill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVRwfW1_06A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd8_c_vdPdE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxfCf8rOUJ8
In USSR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsarGHjXhk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVuzFR0EYtY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeDpt081A30
Sings the Chinese national anthem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJv0jMLLRcw
Singing for Miners in Wales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0bezsMVU7c
In Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg7bPgrosAE
In Spain (on art) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ieHA_1y8dQ
Senate testimony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y-xfqP6FOE
HUAC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akj4lrS1bFY
Peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLCndkx1e10
films
1925 Body and Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJjcR9MhPPs
1930 Borderline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmP1A8IvwB4
1933 Emperor Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQ3-DuzS-Y
1936 Song of Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNJqP3KmTh0
1937 Big Fella https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTAfb4oOVXE
1937 King Solomon's Mines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QGvz0UyvVQ
1942 Tales of Manhattan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfk2RD1jWx0
books
https://tinyurl.com/mr42tejr
legacy
Rutgers https://robeson100.rutgers.edu http://prcc.rutgers.edu/ https://www.camden.rutgers.edu/node/4025
wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson#Legacy_and_honors
Amilcar Cabral / Paul Robeson Collective https://tinyurl.com/4mpydy3x https://tinyurl.com/2p93s84s http://www.mltranslations.org/US/Rpo/aan/aan2.htm https://roadtoliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/acpr-organizing.pdf