Paul Robeson
Singer Actor and Activist
"…my father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part in it just like you. And no fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?''

— Paul Robeson’s testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee.


Born: April 9, 1898 Princeton, New Jersey
Died: January 23, 1976 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Here are few articles by and about Paul Robeson

 

To You Beloved ComradePaul RobesonA tribute by Paul Robeson to Joseph Stalin upon Stalin’s death on March 5, 1953. It was published in New World Review, April, 1953, and reprinted in Paul Robeson Speaks, edited by Philip Foner, pp. 347-349.

Paul Robeson’s Testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, June 12, 1956

Paul Robeson’s Unread Statement before the HOUSE Committee on Un-American Activities, June 12, 1956