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Paul Robeson
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Paul Robeson
This paper discusses the life of the African-American singer and actor Paul Robeson: Family, education, career and social and political views.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages) |
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1994
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"Paul Robeson rose to national and international fame as a multi-talented black man from the most humble beginnings. Paul was born on April 9, 1898, in Princeton, New Jersey, the son on a man who himself had been a slave. William Drew Robeson, Paul's father, was born into slavery in the small town of Robersonville, in Martin County, North Carolina, on July 27, 1845. The determination to expand himself and succeed was as strong in William as it would prove to be in Paul, for William "escaped as a young man of 15 and headed north to freedom via the Underground Railway." Years later, William "had educated himself in the finest classical tradition and graduated from Lincoln University's divinity school.".William also showed the determination he would pass on to his son in the fact that it was fifteen years after his escape ... "
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