Robeson, Paul

A twentieth-century African-American actor and singer, best known for his roles in Porgy and Bessand in the movie version of Show Boat , in which he sang “ Ol' Man River .”

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Robeson was politically controversial because he compared the treatment of black people in the United States unfavorably with their treatment in the Soviet Union . He lived outside the United States for many years.

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He believed in equal rights, in knowledge, in hooks; he taught me about people like Paul Robeson, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and Joe Louis.

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