The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished ...

FRIDAY is the 50th anniversary of when the legendary communist Paul Robeson went on to enrich the ancestors.He was the classic example of an artist as revolutionary.Robeson, the son of a former ...

For black actors, Othello’s boots are among the few that the Bard left for them to fill—eventually, that is. In the last hundred years, the genius Paul Robeson climbed in; so, too, James Earl Jones, ...

Recently I attended a talk about Paul Robeson, a brilliant and courageous man, known around the world for his marvelous baritone; his acting, most famously in Othello and Showboat; and his strong ...

Paul Robeson was a superstar of the stage and screen, a talented football player and a music hitmaker. Then came a dramatic ...