'The most famous black person in America': How the 1950s 'Red Scare' erased a US icon

Paul Robeson was a superstar of the stage and screen, a talented football player and a music hitmaker. Then came a dramatic ...
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Paul Robeson came to Rochester in 1947 amid rumors of a sabbatical

Singer and actor Paul Robeson made national headlines in Rochester in 1947. In what was expected to be one of his final ...

Sportswriter Howard Bryant talks about his book, 'Kings and Pawns'

NPR's Scott Simon talks to sportswriter Howard Bryant about Bryant's latest book "Kings and Pawns." ...
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'Kings and pawns' tells the untold story of Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson

Author Howard Bryant joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America'.
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Projected Images Illuminate the History of Paul Robeson's Hometown

Photographer Wendel White shot artifacts unearthed in the Princeton, NJ house where Paul Robeson was born and projects these images against the façade of the house as part of the exhibition ...