- Paul Leroy Robeson was an American bass singer and actor who became involved with the Civil Rights Movement
| Born: | 09 April 1898 Comment | | When did Paul Robeson die? / Died | 23 January 1976 | | How many years did Paul Robeson live? / Lived | 77 years | | Zodiac sign: | Aries |
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Paul Robeson facts
- At Rutgers College, he was an outstanding American football player, and then had an international career in singing, with a distinctive, powerful, deep bass voice, as well as acting in theater and movies
- He became politically involved in response to the Spanish Civil War, fascism, and social injustices
- His advocacy of anti-imperialism, affiliation with communism, and criticism of the United States government caused him to be blacklisted during the McCarthy era
- Ill health forced him into retirement from his career
- Robeson won an academic scholarship to Rutgers College, where he was twice named a consensus All-American and was the class valedictorian
- He was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
- He received his LL
- B
- from Columbia Law School, while playing in the National Football League (NFL)
- At Columbia, he sang and acted in off-campus productions; and, after graduating, he became a participant in the Harlem Renaissance with performances in The Emperor Jones and All God's Chillun Got Wings
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