Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Davóne Tines plays Paul Robeson in a solo show on Little Island that weaves together the words and music of this American hero to tell his story. By ...

On Robeson, opera singer Davóne Tines pays tribute to the musician often remembered for singing "Ol' Man River." Tines' album pairs well with the 14-CD album Paul Robeson: Voice of Freedom. This is ...

Lawrence Brown (left) and Paul Robeson perform at the Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem, N.Y., in 1941. (Sony Classical) Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for ...

Communist, fellow traveler, red, pinko, commie, useful idiot — the searing epithets of the Cold War have lost their sting but in their day they were lacerating. Depending on where the recipient was ...

Davóne Tines plays Paul Robeson in a solo show on Little Island that weaves together the words and music of this American hero to tell his story. By Oussama Zahr An interracial soirée that included ...

[In honor of Martin Luther King Day, we bring you a story about the renowned African-American singer and political activist Paul Robeson who played an important, yet tragic, role in Yiddish literary ...

In 1970s Compton, the Paul Robeson Players emerge as one of L.A.'s longest-running Black theaters. In the early 1970s, Compton’s Communicative Arts Academy opened as a space for Black artists to ...

The shocking outbreak of violence in Cortlandt Manor in 1949 surrounding performances by Paul Robeson, the renowned Black bass-baritone and civil rights activist, still resonates 75 years later.

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Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for civil rights made Paul Robeson a global star. He was one of the most famous Americans in the 1930s and 1940s, but McCarthyism ...

A preeminent artist-activist of the mid-twentieth century, his banishment by the studios lasted longer than any other performer of the blacklist era — twenty-five years, ending only with his death. By ...

This is FRESH AIR. Bass-baritone Paul Robeson was one of the most popular figures of the 20th century, and also one of the most controversial. He died in 1976 at the age of 77, leaving a huge imprint ...