01/27/2026
Paul Robeson,
born April 9, 1898,
died January 23, 1976.
Best known as a world famous athlete, singer, actor, and advocate for the human rights of people throughout the world. Over the course of his career Robeson combined all of these activities into a lifelong quest for racial justice. He used his deep baritone voice to communicate the problems and progress associated with black culture and community, and to assist the labor and social movements of his time. He sang for multiracial and multiethnic peace and justice in twenty-five languages throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa.
He also became involved in the growing civil rights movement in the U.S. during that period but his failing health stymied both his stage career and his political activism. After suffering from double pneumonia and a kidney blockage in 1965 he permanently retired from public life and lived in seclusion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robeson died in that city on January 23, 1976 following complications from a stroke. He was 77.
Knowledge link below -
Paul Robeson: On colonialism, African-American rights (Spotlight, ABC,1960)
https://youtu.be/puOIdh944vk
