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.

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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.