The work's title suggests the stately, somewhat enigmatic list of names and job titles projected at the end of a movie while audiences customarily exit the theater, but here the continuously scrolling text's subject is the scholar, athlete, actor, singer, political activist, and international icon Paul Robeson--or rather,
Robeson as refracted through his voluminous FBI file, which was opened in 1941 and, having a life of its own, remained active even after his death in 1976.
The extensive analysis of the fight to restore
Robeson's passport and the bureaucratic machinations and political operations to withhold it is the greatest strength of the book.
Working in these performance spaces and for the professional listeners who took such spaces as their beat, situated
Robeson's singing within the tradition of the song recital, what
Robeson referred to as "the highly specialized concert field." (2) The high degree of specialization demanded of the field meant that singing in concert was a circumscribed practice, one that often led to tensions in
Robeson's thinking on repertoire and about his own singing voice.
The new play, "Fell the Tallest Tree," is a recounting of the life and accomplishments of Paul
Robeson, an African-American singer, actor, civil rights activist and McCarthy era political target.
He revealed that he first heard of
Robeson, who died in 1970, when a neighbour called Mr Milton put a cutting about
Robeson through his parents' letterbox.
Paul
Robeson for Beginners was written by Paul Von Blum and illustrated by Elizabeth Von Notias and the artist, Ramsess.
The $2,500 scholarship honors the career of Bob
Robeson, a farm dealer operations expert and executive, whose knowledge of technology and precision agriculture helped equipment dealers build successful operations.
Second, in this article I explore Paul
Robeson's connections and commitment to the African anti-colonial struggle, and in particular the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
But it could have been written 70 years ago when a benefit concert by Paul
Robeson sparked what became known as the Peekskill Riots.
Piedmont Natural Gas (DUK) announced today it has selected Matrix Service (MTRX) to build its liquefied natural gas facility in
Robeson County, North Carolina.
"A giant man with a heavenly voice" were the words used by theManic Street Preachersin their musical tribute to Paul
Robeson.