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Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was the son of William Drew Robeson a runaway slave and Maria Louisa Bustill, daughter of a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family. Maria died tragically in a fire when Paul was six years old.
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Robeson met his future wife Eslanda Cordoza Goode while at Columbia University (1919-1923) where he received a law degree.
His interest in law took a decisive turn when a secretary refused to take dictation from him because of his race. He . . . — — Map (db m111994) HM
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Paul Robeson is cast as the stevedore Joe in the musical Showboat, music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Robeson sings the show's most memorable song "Old Man River" which he would later change the lyrics to become a . . . — — Map (db m111995) HM
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Paul Robeson approached the role as Brutus in the Emperor Jones as one of the greatest challenges of his early acting career.
The forceful drama compelled him to look deeper into his own interpretation of dramatic roles and their contribution . . . — — Map (db m111996) HM
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Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson, wife of Paul Robeson was the grand daughter of Francis Cardozo the first African American to hold a Statewide office in the United States.
The Cardozo Education Campus located at 13th and Clifton St. NW . . . — — Map (db m111997) HM
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Paul Robeson Jr. (November 2, 1927 - April 26, 2014) was Paul and Essies only child.
He was born in Brooklyn, NY and as a young boy lived with his grandmother in Moscow where his parents sought to protect him from American racism.
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"Soft you. A word or two before you go.
I have done the state some service, and they know 't.
No more of that I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,
Nor set down . . . — — Map (db m111999) HM
Near U Street Northwest east of 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
Paul travelled the world using his art as his weapon to fight against oppression and for self determination for all people. His home turf and land of his birth was not off limits as he marched with others to advance the cause of civil rights and . . . — — Map (db m112000) HM
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Paris Peace Conference April 20, 1949: "It is unthinkable that the Negro people of America or elsewhere in the world could be drawn into war with the Soviet Union" Paul Robeson.
Before Robeson even spoke in Paris a distorted version of . . . — — Map (db m112001) HM
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Paul Robeson's passport was restored in 1958. It is fitting that the former Soviet Union named a mountain in honor of this colossus of a man. His birthday has been honored in China and India with national days of celebration.
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