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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.
Paul Robeson was reportedly attached to this 'historical drama' about Toussaint-Louverture, liberator of Colonial Haiti. The film was to be directed by Sergei Eisenstein and he and Robeson discussed the idea at length during Robeson's first trip the Soviet Union in December 1934.
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand is a comprehensive and award-winning documentary film that explores the life and career of Paul Robeson, the controversial African-American athlete-actor-singer-activist. It was directed by St. Clair Bourne for the PBS series American Masters .
Robeson's paternal grandmother, Maria Louisa Bustill [3] was from a prominent Quaker family of mixed ancestry: African, Anglo-American, and Lenape. [4] Robeson worked on the legacy of his father, published a two-volume biography of him, and created an archive of his father's films, photographs, recordings, letters, and publications. [5]
Paul Robeson's post World War II persecution by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and the political right in the U.S. was, in part, due to his vocal support for the Soviet Union, which was a cause célèbre among well-known artists and scientists during the 1930s and 1940s.
Here I Stand is a 1958 book written by Paul Robeson with the collaboration of Lloyd L. Brown. While Robeson wrote many articles and speeches, Here I stand is his only book. It has been described as part manifesto, part autobiography. [1] It was published by Othello Associates and dedicated to his wife Eslanda Goode Robeson. [2]
A large number of Robeson biographers, including Martin Duberman, Philip S Foner, Marie Seton, Paul Robeson Jr., and Lloyd Brown, also concur with Robeson's own words, that he felt that criticism of the Soviet Union by someone of his immense international popularity would only serve to shore up reactionary elements in the U.S., the same ...
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist is a 1979 American short documentary film directed by Saul J. Turell. [2] In 1980, it won an Oscar at the 52nd Academy Awards for Documentary Short Subject. [3] It was released alongside Robeson's other films on a Criterion Collection box set in 2007. [4] [5]