110 years ago today, Sophomore tackle and guard #PaulRobeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refuses to play against a Black person.
#paulrobeson — Public Fediverse posts
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“Ol’ Man River” (https://youtu.be/df4VdyGIqJ8?is=FbN-t6jqkxXhDLrO) features music composed by Jerome Kernand lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the musical “Show Boat”. It’s about the struggles of Black American. Here it’s performed by Paul Robeson
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First up we have “Joe Hill” AKA “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night” (https://youtu.be/B0bezsMVU7c?is=2rFFxK2Bi2FWEc0W) performed by performer/lawyer/NFL football player/activist Paul Robeson for Scottish miners in their union canteen during a 1949 trip to the UK. “Joe Hill” was written & composed by American composer Earl Robinson in 1936 about the American trade unionist Joe Hill who was allegedly framed on a murder charge and executed in 1915.
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September 4, 1949 - Paul Robeson, scholar, athlete, musician and leader, defying a racist and red-baiting mob, sang to 15,000 at a Labor Day gathering in Peekskill, New York.
During the event, screaming local mobs blocked the entrance to the concert area and harassed concertgoers. The veterans’ groups paraded along the highway, automobile horns blared and bands played. Attackers screamed: “We’re Hitler’s boys — here to finish his job.”
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Joe Hill (Paul Robeson).
Quelle sale histoire.
Je t'ai mis les paroles, comme ça tu peux chanter avec moi.
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Paul Robeson Defended Jewish Anti-Fascists From Stalinism https://jacobin.com/2026/05/ussr-robeson-stalin-antisemitism-race
Vilnius...one of the centers of the Jewish diaspora in Eastern Europe. Dozens of Yiddish newspapers were published here; the Jewish socialist Bund party emerged and operated here with its ideas of national-cultural autonomy for Jews, opposing both Zionist concepts and European nationalist and imperial models.
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#SaturdayOnStage #FolkSongs #Miners #Union
Short promotional film with live clip of #PaulRobeson singing "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night" in the canteen at Woolmet Colliery, Midlothian, Scotland (1949)
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Also, here’s all of the #SilentFilm, Transitional sound film and/or films related to #SilentFilm and Transitional sound films on the TCM schedule for May that I could see #TCMParty #PaulRobeson #comedy #SilentSundayNights #horror
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On the 9th of April 1898: #PaulRobeson, American bass-#baritone #singer ("Old Man River"), actor and civil rights activist, born in Princeton, New Jersey (d. 1976).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🕊️🤍 -
The Emperor Robeson | Simon Callow | The New York Review of Books
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/02/08/emperor-paul-robeson/
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Oscar winning trailblazing actress Hattie McDoniel and legendary activist and mutlihyphenate (he was a professional athlete, a lawyer, singer, writer AND actor) Paul Robeson with “Ah Still Suits Me” (https://youtu.be/I9MfCFAcQEE?si=tjZB7gUlgXWU-fZq) from the 1936 film version Show Boat”
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Why Jackie Robinson Testified Against Paul Robeson
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50 years ago today, #PaulRobeson, American stage and screen bass-#baritone #singer ("Old Man River"), actor, and civil rights activist, died of stroke complications in Philadelphia at 77.
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‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist
The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/21/paul-robeson-hollywood-blacklist-mccarthyism
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Robeson performed for the workers at the Midland Railway Workshops.
He had seen films of the living conditions that Aboriginals were subjected to in north west WA.
And was deeply moved.https:// press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p70821/pdf/ch0842.pdf
#MidlandWA #PaulRobeson #WorkingClassHistory #Racism #Perth #WesternAustralia
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Author Howard Bryant juxtaposes the politics and power of the two men in “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America.” #JackieRobinson #PaulRobeson
Posted into The American Story @the-american-story-csmonitor
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2/2 #antifa #Spain #CivilWar #InternationalBrigades #PaulRobeson
🎼 🎶 🎙️ ✊ ¡Ay Manuela! (Viva la XV Brigada) - Spanish Civil War Song - Paul Robeson
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#antifa #Spain #CivilWar #InternationalBrigades #PaulRobeson
"The Spanish Civil War (1936–39), pitting fascism against the legal Spanish Republic, had a powerful impact on Paul Robeson’s political perspective—not least his change of the lyrics of his most famous song, “Ol’ Man River.” Speaking and singing as an anti-fascist, he journeyed with his wife Essie to embattled Spain in 1938 to support the soldiers of the International Brigades."
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Emmy Winners Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson To Direct Documentary On Paul Robeson, Giant Of 20th Century Arts, Entertainment, Politics
#Documentary #News #JoeBrewster #MichèleStephenson #PaulRobesonhttps://deadline.com/2025/11/paul-robeson-documentary-joe-brewster-michele-stephenson-1236608859/
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@mekkaokereke Paul Robeson was very well-known in faraway countries like Finland as well, both as "the famous negro singer" and as a movie star. There are numerous references to him and his movies in the 1930s Finnish newspapers and journals:
https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/search?query=paul%20robeson&orderBy=RELEVANCE
After the war, he was probably more closely followed by the left-wing press.
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September 4, 1949 - Paul Robeson, scholar, athlete, musician and leader, defying a racist and red-baiting mob, sang to 15,000 at a Labor Day gathering in Peekskill, New York.
During the event, screaming local mobs blocked the entrance to the concert area and harassed concertgoers. The veterans’ groups paraded along the highway, automobile horns blared and bands played. Attackers screamed: “We’re Hitler’s boys — here to finish his job.”
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#GoinHome #PaulRobeson #TheSnakePit #OliviaDeHavilland
The most moving performance of this song is from The Snake Pit, starring DeHavilland, sung by Jan Clayton in the film.
100% cry every time, for both versions. If you never saw The Snake Pit it's worth a watch.
This version is Robeson. I'll link the movie version below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9smSP1dq-A&list=RDM9smSP1dq-A&start_radio=1
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#GeraldHorne on the life and death of #PaulRobeson who filed a #genocide charge at the #UN against the #US over their treatment of #Black and #Colored people in #slavery.
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#GeraldHorne on the life and death of #PaulRobeson who filed a #genocide charge at the #UN against the #US over their treatment of #Black and #Colored people in #slavery.
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"Follow the journey of Paul Robeson from humble beginnings through college, professional sports, law school, acting and all the way across the Atlantic. Explore his incredible story with our special guest Gruff, a Welshman living in Mexico, and host of the incredible podcast Bring Out Your Dead (available wherever you get your podcasts)."
#PlaidGomiwnyddolCymru #YSerenGoch #PaulRobeson
https://shows.acast.com/y-seren-goch/episodes/paul-robeson-part-1
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Paul Robeson. bass-baritone concert artist, actor, lawyer, professional football player & activist- an all around once in a lifetime talent. Here he is with the spiritual “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (https://youtu.be/ryM5a3ShRJU?si=tE6Uw1kHZsdzgJ1q)Seek medical attention if you aren’t moved
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Happy Black History Month from Alan, and the Valley of the Dolls! #BlackHistoryMonth2025 #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #paulrobeson #civilrights #equalrights #martinlutherking #mlk #dolls #dollcollector #dollphotographer #fashiondolls #vintagedolls #1960s #twentiethcentury
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"My father was a slave and my people died to build this country, and I'm going to stay right here and have a part of it, just like you. And no fascist-minded people like you will drive me from it. Is that clear?"
— Paul Robeson, actor, writer, singer, lawyer, activist
This quote comes from his testimony when ordered in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee, June 1956. I highly suggest reading his whole testimony.
