Tag Archives | Paul Robeson

  • Paul Robeson

    How Britain made Paul Robeson a socialist

    Originally published: Tribune on April 9, 2024 by Taylor Dorrell (more by Tribune)  | (Posted Apr 10, 2024)

    Pioneering black singer Paul Robeson was born on this day in 1898. One of America’s great radical figures, it was his encounters with Britain’s labour movement which inspired his socialist and anti-imperialist politics.

  • Paul Robeson in 1960, London, England. Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton

    Black King of Songs

    Originally published: Aeon on August 2022 by Gao Yunxiang (more by Aeon)  | (Posted Aug 29, 2022)

    His communism brought the great American singer Paul Robeson trouble in the U.S., but helped make him a hero in China.

  • Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson by Sharon Rudahl, Paul Buhle (Editor), Lawrence Ware (Editor)

    A renaissance fighter for freedom, justice, and peace

    John Marciano

    Released in 2019 on the 100th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s graduation from Rutgers University, Ballad of an American, brings Robeson’s creative and powerful historical presence to life through a striking graphic text and excellent afterword.