YEBies Birthday: Paul Robeson

On this date in 1898 Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey. Robeson was an dramatic actor, singer, civil rights activist, political radical and one of the most gifted men of the 20th century. He was the definition of a Renaissance Man.

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