
Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River (HD) | Film: Showboat (1936)
Paul Robeson sings Ol' Man River from the 1936 musical film "Show Boat" Directed by James Whale.#PaulRobeson #Musical

Paul Robeson sings Ol' Man River from the 1936 musical film "Show Boat" Directed by James Whale.#PaulRobeson #Musical
Paul Robeson Defended Jewish Anti-Fascists From Stalinism https://jacobin.com/2026/05/ussr-robeson-stalin-antisemitism-race
Vilnius...one of the centers of the Jewish diaspora in Eastern Europe. Dozens of Yiddish newspapers were published here; the Jewish socialist Bund party emerged and operated here with its ideas of national-cultural autonomy for Jews, opposing both Zionist concepts and European nationalist and imperial models.
Paul Robeson was an amazing man. Actor, vocalist, activist and champion of the working class around the world

#SaturdayOnStage #FolkSongs #Miners #Union
Short promotional film with live clip of #PaulRobeson singing "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night" in the canteen at Woolmet Colliery, Midlothian, Scotland (1949)

Extract from Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 (1949)The highlight of this 1949 issue is the visit of American actor and singer Paul Robeson to Woolmet Colliery ...

It is hard to find anyone under fifty who has the slightest idea who Paul Robeson is, or what he was, which is astonishing—as a singer, of course, and as an actor, his work is of the highest order. But his significance as an emblematic figure is even greater, crucial to an understanding of the American twentieth century.