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Maria Louisa Bustill Robeson (November 8, 1853 – January 20, 1904) was a Quaker schoolteacher; the wife of the Reverend William Drew Robeson of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey and the mother of Paul Robeson and his siblings.
Paul Leroy Robeson (/ ˈ r oʊ b s ən / ROHB-sən; [3] [4] April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.
Robeson has one son and is the daughter of author Paul Robeson Jr. and Marilyn Paula Greenberg, who were married in New York City in 1949 with a mob outside protesting their interracial union. She is the granddaughter of singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson Sr. and anthropologist and author Eslanda Goode Robeson.
Charles Hicks Bustill (c.1815–1890) was an African-American abolitionist and conductor in the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia before the American Civil War.He made a living as a plasterer.
Multiple recordings of the song were made by Paul Robeson, starting in 1926. [6] Mahalia Jackson recorded the song for her album Bless This House in 1956. [7] Bessie Griffin and The Gospel Pearls recorded the song on their Portraits in Bronze album in 1960. [8] [9] Odetta performed the song at Carnegie Hall on April 8, 1960.
Kyle Robeson, who passed away Saturday at age 91, was larger than life in his personality, generosity, vision and devotion to his native Champaign County, say those who knew him. "You ...
Riley Keough, the acclaimed actress and daughter of Lisa Marie Presley, is opening up about her mom's life and childhood memories on "Call Her Daddy."
Following his father's death, Robeson Jr. worked extensively to establish the Paul Robeson Archive and the Paul Robeson Foundation. The archive, housed at Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, is the largest repository in the Western hemisphere of Robeson documents and articles, totaling well over 50,000 items. [ 9 ]