1925–2007
Biography · Arts
Paul Robeson
1898–1976
United States
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Robeson’s commanding bass-baritone voice and stage career made him an international star, and he used his platform to campaign for labor rights, decolonization and racial justice despite Cold War-era blacklisting.
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1911–1968
c. 1729–1780