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 ...

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 ...

As a successful actor, athlete, singer and activist, Paul Robeson‘s impact on American culture is profound. At the height of his popularity, he was a cultural leader in the war against fascism abroad ...

From star athlete and actor to eventually becoming blacklisted, Paul Robeson was one of the most well known names in song during the first half of the twentieth century. From his bass baritone vocals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Somerville officials are asking for proposals to honor one of the borough’s most famous residents with a downtown statue. The ...

Paul Robeson was and remains the most marvellous human being I have ever known or seen. Yet this man was in his time feared by the great majority of white people in the United States, and today, ...

Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and ...

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Somerville officials are asking for proposals to honor one of the borough’s most famous residents with a downtown statue. The Downtown Somerville Alliance (DSA), in partnership with Somerset County ...