The Paul Robeson Theater and Stuyvesant Mansion, formerly owned by the trailblazing physician Dr. Josephine English, are facing a court-ordered sale. By Daniela Gorny In a new book, the Harvard ...
The life of the legendary Black singer, star, and activist is depicted in a new comic by Sharon Rudahl, edited by Paul Buhle and Lawrence Ware. Paul Robeson was born in 1898, the son of a pastor who ...
In the aftermath of the New York Times’s Project 1619 that appeared in the August 2019 Sunday Magazine section, there have been howls of protest over Nikole Hannah-Jones’s claim that “anti-black ...
Jackie Robinson speaks before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1949. (AP Photo / William J. Smith) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...
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 ...
January 23rd was the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death. As historian Gerald Horne noted in his 2016 biography of Robeson, Time magazine declared him “probably the most famous living negro” in ...
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 ...
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