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Paul Robeson, in full Paul Bustill Robeson, (born April 9, 1898, Princeton, N.J., U.S.—died Jan. 23, 1976, Philadelphia, Pa.), celebrated American singer, actor, and black activist. The son of a former slave turned preacher, Robeson attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., where he was an All-America football player. Upon graduating from Rutgers at the head of his class, he rejected a career as a professional athlete and instead entered Columbia University. He obtained a law degree in 1923, but, because of the lack of opportunity for blacks in the legal profession, he drifted to...

In the 1950s, he quickly developed a reputation for being a gun-toting, switchblade-carrying man on one hand and an impossibly tender soul who could write love songs with the facility of angels on the other.

Newly found airshots have solos from such as Louis Armstrong, Red Allen and J.C. Higginbotham and show what a good stride pianist Russell was

Singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson will finally recieve a street named in his honor in Philadelphia -- after a blacklist erased him from memory

Singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson will finally receive a street named in his honor in Philadelphia -- after a blacklist erased him from memory