The Robeson Legacy.

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  • Author(s): Price, Clement Alexander
  • Source:
    Footsteps. Nov/Dec2003, Vol. 5 Issue 5, p32-35. 4p. 5 Black and White Photographs.
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    • Abstract:
      Beneath accidents of race and culture, which define human beings, lies the human soul. Born into an Afro-American community that nurtured its culture but was denied an opportunity to prosper, Afro-American Paul Robeson became an avid champion of black culture and civil rights. The distinguished historian, John Hope Franklin, wrote that Robeson's life symbolized an emerging 20th-century conflict between democratic ideals in the U.S. and an old order that allowed unfair and unjust treatment of citizens. Robeson was among the first African Americans to challenge customary notions of proper Negro behavior. While Robeson was not the first artist to dignify the Negro spiritual and other music from the folk past of African Americans, he greatly influenced the presentation of that body of song.