Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 2
Oscar winning trailblazing actress Hattie McDoniel and legendary activist and mutlihyphenate (he was a professional athlete, a lawyer, singer, writer AND actor) Paul Robeson with “Ah Still Suits Me” (https://youtu.be/I9MfCFAcQEE?si=tjZB7gUlgXWU-fZq) from the 1936 film version Show Boat”
#RetroView #HattieMcDaniel #PaulRobeson #BlackHistoryMonth
HistorianspeaksFeb 24
Paul Robeson speaks. #PaulRobeson
srxFeb 23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUki-v-NvoE

#paulrobeson #blackhistorymonth

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Documentary

YouTube
The New YorkerFeb 1

Why Jackie Robinson Testified Against Paul Robeson

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/why-jackie-robinson-testified-against-paul-robeson

MusiqueNow   ✡️ 🇵🇸 Jan 24

#Book revisits #JackieRobinson and #PaulRobeson #history - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/5YJ0O_yMD7c

Book revisits Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson history

YouTube
50+ MusicJan 23
50 years ago today, #PaulRobeson, American stage and screen bass-#baritone #singer ("Old Man River"), actor, and civil rights activist, died of stroke complications in Philadelphia at 77.
#RIP 🕊️
Annabelle 🇬🇱🇨🇦🇺🇦🇪🇺Jan 22

‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/21/paul-robeson-hollywood-blacklist-mccarthyism

#PaulRobeson

‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished

The Guardian
Show threadskuaJan 22

@aj

Robeson performed for the workers at the Midland Railway Workshops.

He had seen films of the living conditions that Aboriginals were subjected to in north west WA.
And was deeply moved.

https:// press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p70821/pdf/ch0842.pdf

#MidlandWA #PaulRobeson #WorkingClassHistory #Racism #Perth #WesternAustralia

Greg FitzgeraldJan 21
Author Howard Bryant juxtaposes the politics and power of the two men in “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America.” #JackieRobinson #PaulRobeson
https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2026/0120/jackie-robinson-paul-robeson-kings-and-pawns-howard-bryant
How Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson ended up pitted against each other

Author Howard Bryant juxtaposes the politics and power of the two men in “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America.”

The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science MonitorJan 21

Author Howard Bryant juxtaposes the politics and power of the two men in “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America.” #JackieRobinson #PaulRobeson

https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2026/0120/jackie-robinson-paul-robeson-kings-and-pawns-howard-bryant?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The American Story @the-american-story-csmonitor

How Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson ended up pitted against each other

Author Howard Bryant juxtaposes the politics and power of the two men in “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America.”

The Christian Science Monitor