Robe·son

(rōb′sən), Paul Bustill 1898-1976.

American singer and actor who played the lead roles in Othello and in Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones and sang "Ol' Man River" in Showboat. He was an outspoken critic of racism and a supporter of socialism.

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Robeson

(ˈrəʊbsən)

(Biography) Paul. 1898–1976, US bass singer, actor, and leader in the Black civil rights movement

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Robe•son

(ˈroʊb sən)

n.

Paul, 1898–1976, U.S. singer and actor.

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Robeson is deprived of his thoughts, his personhood, and his voice.

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More than a few eyebrows shot up when the British film director Steve McQueen, fresh from the triumph of 12 Years a Slave, announced a couple of years ago that his next project would focus on Paul Robeson. Some of the bewilderment revolved around the question of why he would pick such an obscure subject.

The overlooked American

* The Actors' Equity Foundation has announced that this year's Paul Robeson Citation Award will go to New York-based actor Arthur French.

Awards & prizes

Despite his incredible popularity, magnificent talent, and world-historical significance, Paul Robeson, the great African American singer-actor-activist, has largely been written out of history due to his radical politics.

Paul Robeson: A Watched Man

AFTER HEARING PAUL ROBESON at his debut appearance at Carnegie Hall in 1929, the "dean of American music critics," W.

A record of Paul Robeson's voice in training

Saturday when Eugene playwright Hershell Norwood presents a staged reading of his new play, "Fell the Tallest Tree: Judgment of Paul Robeson."

Character study

THE director of the Oscarwinning film 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen, is to make a feature about the life of activist and hero to the Welsh miners, Paul Robeson.

Robeson's life to be turned into a film

Paul Robeson for Beginners (For Beginners LLC: Danbury, CT, 2013.

Paul Robeson for Beginners

Franklin, TN, June 07, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Iron Solutions, the Canada West Equipment Dealers Association, and the SouthWestern Association have teamed up to establish the Bob Robeson Memorial Scholarship.

Iron Solutions, Canada West Equipment Dealers, and SouthWestern Association Establish Bob Robeson Memorial Scholarship

Salford The music of the late African American singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson, who once sung in Manchester, will be celebrated at Salford's Working Class Movement Library on Thursday May 15.

Try a... MUSEUM AFTER HOURS; Fancy going behind the scenes at a museum? May 15 to18 is the UK's Museums at Night weekend when hundreds of attractions extend opening hours, hold special events and even let you stay the night!

Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an African-American singer and actor who became involved with the Civil Rights Movement.

Paul Robeson For Beginners

On February 28, 2013, I was honored to deliver the Paul Robeson lecture at Columbia Law School, an annual event to commemorate the life and legacy of Paul Robeson, a graduate of Columbia Law School (Class of 1923).

A champion for African freedom: Paul Robeson and the struggle against apartheid