Paul Robeson
AKA Paul Leroy Bustill Robeson
Born: 9-Apr-1898
Birthplace: Princeton, NJ
Died: 23-Jan-1976
Location of death: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer, Actor, Activist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: 20th Century renaissance man
Father: Rev. William Drew Robeson (escaped slave, d. 1918)
Mother: Maria Louisa Bustill
Wife: Eslanda Cardozo Goode (pathology technician, m. 1921)
Son: Paul Robeson, Jr. (b. 1927)
High School: Somerville High School, New Jersey (1915)
University: BA, Rutgers University (1919)
Law School: LLB, Columbia Law School (1923)
Hollywood Anti-Fascist League
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 1974
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1998)
College Football Hall of Fame
Spingarn Medal 1945
Lenin Peace Prize 1953
Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey 1995
Suicide Attempt Moscow (27-Mar-1961)
Shock Treatment
Assassination Attempt
HUAC Hearings (12-Jun-1956)
Took the Fifth (12-Jun-1956)
Cherokee Ancestry Maternal
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
Akron Pros Offensive Tackle/Tight End (1921)
Milwaukee Badgers Tight End (1922)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Tales of Manhattan (5-Aug-1942)
Native Land (11-May-1942) [VOICE]
The Proud Valley (6-Apr-1940) · David
Big Fella (16-Jun-1937)
King Solomon's Mines (Jun-1937) · Umbopa
Song of Freedom (17-Aug-1936) · John Zinga
Show Boat (14-May-1936) · Joe
Sanders of the River (8-Apr-1935)
Emperor Jones (19-Sep-1933) · Brutus Jones
Body and Soul (9-Nov-1925)
Is the subject of books:
The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: An Artist's Journey 1898-1939, 2001, BY: Paul Robeson, Jr.
Author of books:
Here I Stand (1958, memoir)
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