Paul Robeson, majestic singer and actor, brilliant scholar and athlete, fierce political activist and all-around renaissance man, in a 1925 photo by Edward Gooch. According to Shadow And Act, David Harewood, the British actor and star of Showtime’s “Homeland” is in talks to portray Mr. Robeson in an upcoming film. Wynton Marsalis has signed on to score the film as well.
Paul Robeson, majestic singer and actor, brilliant scholar and athlete, fierce political activist and all-around renaissance man, was born on this day in 1898. He is seen here in 1925 in a photo by the famed British photographer Alex Stewart Sasha. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis.
Princess Kouka of Sudan with Paul Robeson in London on the way to North Africa to film “Jericho” in 1937.
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Paul Robeson, actress Anna May Wong and opera singer Mei Lanfang standing in front of Claridge’s hotel in London in 1935.
Paul Robeson as a junior at Rutgers University. He was valedictorian for his graduating class in 1919.
Hazel Scott (with Paul Robeson in the background) performing at a dinner in Brooklyn in honor of Hugh Mulzac, the first African American captain in the U.S. Navy to command an integrated crew during World War II.
Paul Robeson discussing his role as “Othello” in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1959. Via @shadowandact
Actor, Singer, Scholar, Activist Paul Robeson, actress Anna May Wong and opera singer Mei Lanfang standing in front of Claridge’s hotel in London in 1935.
