At the beginning of the Cold War in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to ...
The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished ...
When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of ...
Author Howard Bryant juxtaposes the politics and power of the two men in “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson ...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death on January 23, 1976. The actor, singer, athlete and scholar was once famous around the world, but he was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by ...
Singer and actor Paul Robeson made national headlines in Rochester in 1947. In what was expected to be one of his final concerts before taking a two-year break from singing and acting, Robeson ...
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 ...
SIMON: His new book, "Kings And Pawns: Jackie Robinson And Paul Robeson In America." Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Paul Robeson is regarded as the first Black superstar of stage and screen. A hugely talented actor and singer, Robeson was ...