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    Thursday's TV picks  Nov 20, 2008
    Hoover targeted left-leaning black leaders including Marcus Garvey and Paul Robeson and took up a near counter-revolution against the Civil Rights Movement, especially Martin Luther King, Jr. Much later, U.S. congressional investigations detailing COINTELPRO's actions implicated the Bureau in the framing and murder of prominent activists. Check local listings. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Concert pianist to give recital at Robeson Center  Nov 14, 2008
    The Arts Council of Princeton and Jacobs Music will present concert pianist Robert Taub at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts in Princeton 8 p.m. today. Taub is a graduate of Princeton where he was a university scholar. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Coaching hunt grade 'insults' WVU official  Nov 14, 2008
    I take strong objections to an F," she said yesterday. In fact, McIntosh said she awarded the university an A in forms submitted to researchers. West Virginia, which 18 days into its search and hours after the Fiesta Bowl named Bill Stewart as coach without a formal interview, was the only major-college football program to get an F besides Mississippi. Division I-AA Dayton got the one other failing grade among 31 programs surveyed, 16 of which received A's. Researchers at Central Florida's... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)

    BET's 'AMERICAN GANGSTER' Takes on J. Edgar Hoover and COINTELPRO on Thursday, November 20 at 10:00 PM*  Nov 13, 2008
    Positioned as an avowed and implacable enemy of Communism, Hoover was often at odds with left-leaning Black leaders throughout his reign, including Marcus Garvey and Paul Robeson. During the tumultuous '60s decade, Hoover went even further, undertaking a virtual counter-revolution against the civil rights movement -- with particular venom directed at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- and ultimately enabling the Bureau to create COINTELPRO. More than a decade later, U.S. congressional investigations... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Afraid to say, Halloween events not over yet  Oct 31, 2008
    The Arts Council of Princeton is hosting a Halloween Bash 8 p.m. today at its Paul Robeson Center for the Arts in Princeton. Music will be provided by the Voodudes, an area band specializ ing in New Orleans funk and blues, and everyone attending is encouraged to wear costumes. (NJ.com -- Times)

    A Gray State for Obama?  Oct 29, 2008
    Showing his own age, and discussing his once-radical politics, he continues, "the hero of my life is not who you would think. Not Malcolm X, not MLK. My hero is Paul Robeson." He begins to hum "Old Man River" in wistful, grandfatherly fashion. . (Slate)

    'SPREAD THE WEALTH': IT SURE IS SOCIALISM  Oct 28, 2008
    When the Progressive Hall of Fame is established, it will feature Henry Wallace, Alger Hiss, Paul Robeson, Angela Davis, Jane Fonda, Nancy Pelosi, George McGovern, Ramsey Clark, Noam Chomsky and others of their reactionary-left persuasion. Jim Guirard. (New York Post -- Opinions)

    Hard-line Right vs 'Comrade' Obama  Oct 23, 2008
    Those freedom fighters included Martin Luther King Jr., who led the Civil Rights Movement; W.E.B. Du Bois, who in 1909 helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization; Paul Robeson, a famous singer, actor and political activist who in the 1930s became involved in movements for better labour relations, peace and racial justice; and A. Philip Randolph, who founded and was the long time head of the... (India Times, India)

    LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 21, 2008  Oct 22, 2008
    The Hawaii network included communists Frank Marshall Davis, who was Obamas personal mentor; actor/singer Paul Robeson; and labor leader Harry Bridges. The network was judged a security threat to the United States and the subject of a congressional hearing on the Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States. (North County Times)

    A special treat at the Princeton Y  Oct 22, 2008
    This year's "Halloween at the Y" event will take place Friday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at 59 Paul Robeson Place. Halloween at the Y is just one of many Family Fun Friday events scheduled for 2008-09. (NJ.com -- Times)

    ANDREA LEWIS: We must remember Paul Robeson's unwavering voice  Oct 17, 2008
    When Paul Robeson stepped onto the stage of the Shubert Theater 65 years ago this week, he filled the hall with his deep baritone and shattered a stained glass ceiling ... The play's director, Margaret Webster, said "the moment he stepped onto that stage he was not only a black man, but was a great black man, a man of stature. He put the play in focus." Paul Robeson was a giant in every sense of the word ... "The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery," Robeson said in the... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    Stage adaptation's dialogue-driven stories cloud solid acting  Oct 14, 2008
    The two one-act plays came together to form a night of African-American literature turned theater at the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Co. on Saturday. Unfortunately, good acting and strong chemistry drowned in an excess of words. (Daily Orange, NY)

    Talking heads  Oct 12, 2008
    Occasionally - as in his portrait of the actor, athlete, and activist Paul Robeson - Karsh takes us up close and personal to his subject. But notice the way Robeson eyes the camera with extreme distrust. (Boston Globe)

    Reject McCain smear campaign  Oct 10, 2008
    Passion for change ignited and fed our past, from the battle that made George Washington a great leader to the struggles that put Paul Robeson on the map as a star athlete and internationally known singer. Passion for change is what in spired the social gains of Brown vs. Board of Education and women's and gay rights. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Sweating to the oldies  Oct 3, 2008
    But director James Miller, a senior acting and political science major, thinks the subject is very relevant to this day and age so he is directing the play at the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Center until Oct. 18. Miller said that something unique in this show is the melodrama and the interaction between the cast members. (Daily Orange, NY)

    'The Forsaken' is a grim reminder of Americans lost in the gulags  Sep 24, 2008
    Second is actor Paul Robeson, who fled there because of American racism, but who was unwilling (or unable) to denounce Stalinism. Last, and assuredly not least, is Joseph Davies, American ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1938. (Boston Globe)

    Nicholson, Bon Jovi, Shaq nominated for NJ Hall  Sep 18, 2008
    This year's nominees include political activist Paul Robeson, writers F. Scott Fitzgerald, Walt Whitman and Philip Roth, entertainers Jerry Lewis, Count Basie and Bud Abbott, and athletes Althea Gibson (tennis) and Carl Lewis (track). The nominees were culled from a list of more than 160 potential Hall of Famers compiled over three years. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)

    Buzz Briefs: Jon Stewart, Serena Williams  Sep 17, 2008
    The nominees include actor Jack Nicholson, singer Jon Bon Jovi, political activist Paul Robeson, basketball pro Shaquille O'Neal and writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Of those, 10 will be chosen. (CBS News)

    Festival showcases international culture  Sep 15, 2008
    Aristides Nova, programming coordinator for the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, said the purpose of the event was to give students and members of the community a chance to learn about other cultures as well as their own ... Several campus departments, the Paul Robeson Cultural Center and International Student Services sponsored the event, which lured more than 2,000 students and community members to HUB Alumni Hall Friday night with the promises of music and free food. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Palin is a leader we can believe in  Sep 7, 2008
    We hope the curious parked their cars and came inside for an ice cream and tour of the new Paul Robeson Center. We thank the many people who helped to make our Fall Open House a success. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Stalking the heirloom tomato: Rhinebeck author and gardener proves that biodiversity tastes good, too  Aug 2, 2008
    She writes, for example, that "tomatoes named for heroes are usually forgettable: witness Mark Twain, Alice Roosevelt, Paul Bunyan and Paul Robeson." But she confesses to a soft spot in her heart for IIlya Muromets, named for a Bogatyr, a mediaeval Russian heroic warrior. It was the last variety to be photographed for the book, in August of last year. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)

    Mrs. G's donates appliances to renovated arts center  Jul 2, 2008
    LAWRENCE -- Mrs. G TV & Appliances recently donated appliances for the newly renovated and expanded Paul Robeson Center for the Arts building in Princeton ... The Paul Robeson Center for the Arts officially opened to the public June 5. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Nigeria: The Nollywood Revolution  Jun 26, 2008
    Film luminaries who have shown profound interest in Nollywood range from the top Hollywood director Bill Duke to the respected acting coach Ms Adilah Barnes, the international copyright expert Ms Avalyn Pitts and the Paul Robeson Award director Prof Shade Turnipseed. In the words of Alder: "The revenue generated by sales and rentals of movies in Lagos state is N804 million per week". (allAfrica.com)

    The FBI Needs To Stop Destroying Its Archives  Jun 25, 2008
    Among the prominent figures who spoke out were Jessica Mitford, Paul Robeson, Albert Einstein, and Josephine Baker. PAGE: 1 is the editorial director of Outside magazine. (Slate)

    * Iconicvoice of protest keeps a roadside vigil  Jun 23, 2008
    Miller said he had spent countless hours listening to Seegers stories, like the one about how his car windows were shattered in Peekskill in 1949 as he and his family left a performance he had given with the singer Paul Robeson, who was thought to have Communist sympathies. Or the one about the Vietnam veteran who said he had come to a concert in the Catskills to kill Seeger because of his anti-war stance, but was turned around by the performance and made his way backstage to tell of his... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Obama kept Law Review balanced  Jun 23, 2008
    " April, 1990 An unbylined note entitled "Rethinking (M)otherhood: Feminist Theory and State Regulation of Pregnancy" asks whether the state should consider the potential for endangering the fetus when pregnant women abuse drugs. The author suggests that the problem's positioning as a conflict between fetal and maternal rights is "both illegitimate and counterproductive," and concludes that policies should to be recast to expand, rather than restrict, women's reproductive rights. June 1990 This... (Yahoo News -- Politics)

    RUTGERS-NEWARK CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL  Jun 14, 2008
    On Thursday night, Rutgers- Newark will celebrate its 100th an niversary with a gala at the Paul Robeson Campus Center, and if you reach every graduate, most of them would tell it, too. From the start, Rutgers-Newark -- "By the way, I always call it Newark-Rutgers," said Izenberg, the longtime Star Ledger sports columnist -- was always about giving non-traditional students a great education at an attainable price. (NJ.com -- News)

    'Time for TASP' auction to feature clocks by noted artists  Jun 10, 2008
    PRINCETON BOROUGH -- "Time for TASP," a gala reception and auction celebrating the Trenton After School Program, will take place Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. Hosted by the Arts Council of Princeton at the newly renovated Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., the evening will begin with a building tour and auction preview. The reception and auction will consist of more than 50 timepieces created by 55 area artists especially for this fundraiser, including a painting of a clock with... (NJ.com -- Times)

    Spyro Gyra in Homer; Temptations at casino  Jun 8, 2008
    The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company salutes dads with "Father's Day," a play by Syracusan Jackie Warren Moore. The work deals with the lives of black men as fathers and weaves the responsibility and vulnerability into its framework. (Syracuse.com)

    Gov. Rendell Congratulates L&I Secretary Vito on Receiving Paul Robeson Award  Jun 6, 2008
    Gov. Rendell Congratulates Letary Vito on Receiving Paul Robeson Award ... Gov. Rendell Congratulates Letary Vito on Receiving Paul Robeson Award ... June 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today congratulated Department of Labor try Acting Secretary Sandi Vito for earning the 2008 Paul Robeson Award, which is given by District 1199C in Philadelphia, an affiliate of the National Union of Hospitals and Healthcare Employees, AFSCME and the AFL-CIO. Vito received the award at... (PR Newswire)

    A home for the arts  Jun 6, 2008
    5 million, the center at Paul Robeson Place and Witherspoon Street is reality ... The Arts Council provided an appropriate finishing touch by naming the center the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Newly designed center accents the arts  Jun 3, 2008
    PRINCETON BOROUGH -- It leaps out at you with bold shapes, broad expanses of window space and a column-like entrance tower that serves to anchor the corner of Paul Robeson Place and Witherspoon Street ... With its modular-like construction and cheerful, well-lighted rooms, the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts will house art studios, ceramics kilns, digital art facilities and a theater for dance, video, music and film programming. (NJ.com -- Times)

    'Sex' transfer to big screen gets a toast  Jun 2, 2008
    Paul Robeson Co. has postponed "No Matter". The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company has postponed its production of "No Matter What, Butt-I-Fly.". (Syracuse.com)

    Girls' PIAA Track & Field Results  May 24, 2008
    Heat 3-1, Paul Robeson, 4:00 ... Heat 2-1, Paul Robeson, 9:37. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll  May 23, 2008
    It's been the "Ol' Man" that "jus' keeps rollin' along" for Paul Robeson, and it has shined "like the national guitar" for Paul Simon. There is, meanwhile, a song on Smog's 1999 album Knock Knock, a track named River Guard, that makes me think more than any other of the Mississippi - of the sense of independence and freedom the river has come to symbolise in song, in literature, and in our minds. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    The Air This Week  May 20, 2008
    Friday 5 a.m.-6 p.m. Paul Robeson (WHRB). 3 p.m. Jon Manasse (clarinet), Jon Nakamatsu (piano), live (WGBH). (Boston Globe)

    Athlete's '68 Black Power salute parallels politics of today  May 13, 2008
    Smith grew up farming, playing sports and reading about men like baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson and singer/actor Paul Robeson, both of whom fought for racial equality. "The trenches they fought in lifted me," Smith said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    Calm voice brought classical music into the lives of Australians  May 3, 2008
    He wasn't precious about singers either; Harry Secombe could be singing an aria from I Pagliacci and Paul Robeson a traditional Irish song. He argued that the best modern musicals would become classical if they had the best voices. (The Age)

    Laurence Fishburne: Working with his instincts  May 2, 2008
    Fishburne, who arrived on his BMW motorcycle, recalled a high school field trip to Broadway to see James Earl Jones in a solo play about the black actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson. "He was never mentioned in any classroom I had been in, and I learned a great deal," he said. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Inspiration for Tedy's Team  Apr 21, 2008
    Leading the wayActor Clifton Powell, an Emerson alum, and Anthony Scott, Holyoke's first African-American chief of police, received a Paul Robeson Leadership Award at Saturday's 19th Andrew J. Davis Jr. Unity Breakfast. Joining the Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts in honoring the two was Harvard neurophysiologist Dr. S. Allen Counter, who shared the award last year with Governor Deval Patrick. (Boston Globe)

    Party promotes healthy life  Apr 16, 2008
    The event, sponsored by Penn State's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, was held to encourage students to get proactive about their health and show that health is fun, Joseph Graves (sophomore-kinesiology) said. Graves is the health chairman for Penn State's chapter of the NAACP, which created the "Block Party" concept. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    2 charter schools proposed in Trenton  Apr 16, 2008
    Two new schools, Capital Preparatory High School and the Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities, are set to open in September. If approved, The Trenton Vista Academy would focus on in tegrating students into communications-based careers and getting them more involved in city affairs, said founder Timothy "Wise" Grimes. (NJ.com -- Times)

    12 comments  Apr 12, 2008
    Issuing stamps honoring Paul Robeson and Kwanzaa are not the way to reach those blacks whom Republicans have any realistic chance of reaching. Trying to reach black 00004000 s through civil rights organizations that are totally hostile to your message is like a quarterback trying to throw a pass to a receiver surrounded by opposing defenders. (Human Events Online)

    Republicans and Blacks  Apr 10, 2008
    Issuing stamps honoring Paul Robeson and Kwanzaa are not the way to reach those blacks whom Republicans have any realistic chance of reaching ... Issuing stamps honoring Paul Robeson and Kwanzaa are not the way to reach those blacks whom Republicans have any realistic chance of reaching. (Townhall.com)

    King's memory honored with candlelight vigil  Apr 10, 2008
    The vigil was organized and co-sponsored by the Paul Robeson Club, the National Association for the Advancement of Color People, the Black Student Union, the Black Men's Collective and others. Douglass College senior and Zeta Phi Beta President Shirlyn Cesar said groups like her own could remember King's legacy by making a difference on campus. (The Daily Targum, NJ)

    Student Stabbed At Brooklyn High School  Mar 29, 2008
    The 18-year-old was wounded in the right shoulder at about noon in the basement of Paul Robeson High School in Brooklyn, said Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg ... The school is located about 8 miles north of Paul Robeson High. (WNBC.com, NY)

    More of this story  Mar 28, 2008
    Kauai Garden Island News. Bargains for the weekend at Koloa Library sale. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)

    Evans, Pryor lead Pa. boys all-state basketball teams  Mar 26, 2008
    Brandon Penn, Paul Robeson, 6-7, Sr., 27 ... 3 points) of Philadelphia s Paul Robeson High, Kennedy Catholic junior Kyle Randall and Sewickley Academy sophomore Tom Droney. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Change the world by being true to yourself  Mar 24, 2008
    Examples of idealistic champions include Paul Robeson and Upton Sinclair. These prototypes show that we tend to have high ethical standards, see patterns and root cause of issues, and are ready to stand up and fight for our beliefs -- even to the point of great personal sacrifice. (Albany Times Union)

    'Hogan's Heroes' star Dixon dies  Mar 20, 2008
    His honors include four NAACP Image Awards, the National Black Theatre Award and the Paul Robeson Pioneer Award from the Black American Cinema Society. He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild of America and the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. (CNN -- Showbiz)

    The Ensemble Theatre Presents 'Sty of the Blind Pig'  Mar 8, 2008
    His written works are Freeman (1974), the Broadway revival of Paul Robeson (1979) which won the Christopher Award, the Owl Killer and The Sty of the Blind Pig (1971) which won the Hull Warner Award (1971) and the Drama Desk Award (1971). Dean also directed several plays and his favorite was The Maids in the mid-1960's in New York's Equity Library Theatre. (Primezone Releases)

    Student groups resent plan for assimilation  Mar 7, 2008
    According to the plan, UPUA is seeking to dissolve the Student Organization Conduct Committee, the HUB-Robeson Advisory Board and the student advisory board for the Paul Robeson Cultural Center. The group also hopes to oversee policy and approve elected members for the Student Programming Association and the University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC). (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Girls' PIAA Basketball Glance  Feb 27, 2008
    Berks Christian (21-5) vs. Paul Robeson (12-6), Governor Mifflin Intermediate School, Shillington, 6 p.m. ... Marian Catholic (27-1) vs. Berks Christian/Paul Robeson winner, Martz Hall, Pottsville, 4 p.m.. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    PIAA playoffs: Girls' games  Feb 26, 2008
    Eastern Region Feb. 26 -- Berks Christian (21-5) vs. Philadelphia Paul Robeson (12-6) at Governor Mifflin, 6 p.m. ... Eastern Region March 1 -- Reading Central Catholic (21-6) vs. Millville (17-10) at Garden Spot, 1 p.m.; Philadelphia Freire Charter (14-4) vs. Pottsville Nativity BVM (24-4) at Germantown, 3 p.m.; Old Forge (17-8) vs. Lourdes Regional (15-13) at Scranton, 1 p.m.; Sacred Heart (10-18) vs. Lancaster Country Day (21-4) at Coatesville, 1 p.m.; Northeast Bradford (24-3) vs. Forest... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)

    Pa. man’s quest to document black history yields vast collection  Feb 23, 2008
    It includes Paul Robeson s sheet music, African Bibles, rare letters and manuscripts, slave narratives, correspondence of Haitian revolutionaries and a first-edition book by scholar W.E.B DuBois. The collection has grown so much since Temple first acquired it 25 years ago that this month it moved into a larger space on campus. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    To infinity, and beyond: 'Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe" to open March 1  Feb 21, 2008
    Tours of the exhibitions, a new planetarium show, Paul Robeson songs by Chief Gregory Harris and music under the stars will also be available, as well as book signings and telescope viewing on the front lawn of the museum. A reception and a wine tasting will be sponsored by Four Moons Wine and Gourmet of Orangeburg. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    'The Piano Lesson'  Feb 21, 2008
    Her directorial credits include "Great Men of Gospel" at New York's New Federal Theatre and, at regional theaters around the country, "Paul Robeson," "Raisin in the Sun" starring Esther Rolle, "Zora" starring Phylicia Rashad and the world premiere of Imiri Baraka's "Remembering We Selves.". Her previous trip to Pittsburgh was to direct "Sophisticated Ladies" in 2004 for Kuntu Rep. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Orange Wave Sinks Boys & Girls  Feb 18, 2008
    Abraham Lincoln defeats Paul Robeson 80 - 55. Benjamin Cardozo defeats Thomas Edison 63 - 54 and will face Campus Magnet who defeated Forest Hills 62 - 53 (2/17 @ 3pm - St. Johns). (Temple Sports -- Rivals.com)

    Festival honors documentarian  Feb 16, 2008
    A tribute to the films of the late St. Clair Bourne, whose many works include "Making 'Do the Right Thing' " and "Paul Robeson: Here I Stand" highlight the 14th annual Black Diaspora Film Festival, which continues today and Sunday at the Hayti Heritage Center. . (Herald Sun)

    Hollywood Still Plagued by Prejudice  Feb 16, 2008
    The black community could fill their own walk of fame with stars who have talents that sparkle as brightly as the talent of any other ethnicity: Paul Robeson, Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Junior, Sidney Poitier, Joe Louis, Lena Horne, Diana Ross, Bill Cosby, Jim Brown, Miles Davis, Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey, Richard Pryor, Audra McDonald, Debbie Allen, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Michael and Janet Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Whitney Houston, Michael Jordan, Maya Angelou The list... (ABC News)

    Robeson Advance Over Canarsie  Feb 15, 2008
    For the Eagles of Paul Robeson High School a year has truly made a difference. Last season the Eagles forfeited their final eleven regular season games after an in-game brawl with Thomas Jefferson High School causing them to finish the regular season with a 1-13 record. (Georgetown Sports -- Rivals.com)

    PSAL Borough Championships Preview  Feb 13, 2008
    Football Recruit Search. Basketball Recruit Search. (Tulane Sports -- Rivals.com)

    The 25 Most Important Films on Race  Feb 8, 2008
    Poitier, Smith and Denzel Washington, all radiating a manly cine-magnetism, are the sons of Paul Robeson, who was the first great black movie star or would have been, if Hollywood and America hadn't been steeped in racism. Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy, the top comedy stars of the 80s, have a strange, subversive ancestor in Stepin Fetchit, America's first black millionaire actor. (Time.com)

    Spirituals: Songs of the South speak of sorrowful past and hope  Feb 6, 2008
    "When blacks tried to disassociate themselves with slavery and rural life after the Civil War, spirituals fell out of favor, experts say.But entertainers such as Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson preserved them in performance, turning them into an art form. Spirituals re-emerged during the civil rights movement as freedom songs such as "We Shall Overcome. ""These songs fed our spirits and gave us hope when it seemed like all hope was gone," said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a civil rights icon who led... (Florida Today)

    Black history, center stage  Feb 5, 2008
    The opera world has changed since the path-breaking careers of the great Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Leontyne Price, and others, but the complex history of that gradual evolution is not as well known as it should be, said Steven Bruns, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the CU's College of Music. The weekend of Feb. 24 promises to be extraordinary indeed; I am certain that it will be both moving and inspiring. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)

    Creator George Lucas' Critically Acclaimed The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones Comes to Its Thrilling Conclusion on DVD April 29  Feb 5, 2008
    The brutality of realpolitik devastates the idealistic young Indy,and he returns home only to discover the ugly face of bigotry as encountered by his boyhood friend, Paul Robeson ... Paul Robeson: Scandalize My Name. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Rebekah Maggor gives Shakespeare's women a workout  Jan 31, 2008
    An introduction to each scene and each actress is provided by Maggor as a narrator, Margaret Webster, the legendary director, actress, and Broadway producer who mounted the first American production of "Othello" starring an African-American actor, Paul Robeson. Karin Coonrod has been added to this production as director, but not having seen the production before, it's difficult to know how much she contributed, since so much is dependent on the pure intensity of Maggor's performance. (Boston Globe)

    BET Networks Celebrates Black History Month With an Entertaining Lineup of Music Specials, Blackbuster Movie Premieres, and Ground-Breaking Documentaries  Jan 24, 2008
    This special focuses on the outstanding careers of such great musicians like Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Jessye Norman and Robert McFerrin, the first African American to appear at the Met. In addition, it will encompass a red carpet concert gala performance of selections from celebrated composers including Gershwin and noted African American composers. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    'Killer of Sheep'  Jan 19, 2008
    Consequently, he wasn't thinking about music licensing when he wove music by Dinah Washington, Etta James, Paul Robeson and Earth, Wind into the film's soundtrack. The music is so hardwired into "Killer of Sheep's" DNA most film fans can't envision the film without it (in one of the most touching scenes, Stan's daughter, played by Angela Burnett, the director's niece, sings along to EWeasons" spinning on a turntable as she plays with a doll). Neither could the film's director. It took seven... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    ‘First Sunday’ has heart, and shortcomings  Jan 17, 2008
    The great African-American actor Paul Robeson had some wonderful films released last February on DVD that are well worth the time for interested parties. First Sunday is about two best friends who are stuck between a rock and a hard place. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)

    'Idol' gives familiar fuzzies  Jan 17, 2008
    For instance, the minute one man compared his style to Paul Robeson and Eddie Vedder, you knew he was a goner plus, have those two names ever been mentioned in the same sentence before. More warning signs: Dont dress like a cross between Princess Leia and a Bert Easley dominatrix; dont speak with a foreign accent; and definitely try to avoid dipping your cheeks in body glitter. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    Nova Notebook: Grant Grows as a Wildcat  Jan 13, 2008
    "People have been coming up to me and telling me things like, `great game' or `keep it going' and I really appreciate that," says the product of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Paul Robeson High School and Winchendon (Mass. Academy. (Villanova.com)

    Pargo’s rise at Gonzaga helped by many (42)  Jan 4, 2008
    He was a freshman then, in her reading class here at Paul Robeson High School, and he was disinterested. His passion was basketball, not books. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Civil rights lawyer, activist is mourned  Dec 30, 2007
    During his years in the courtroom, Powe worked on the most iconic case of the civil rights movement: Brown v. Board of Education, which in 1954 ruled that racially segregated public schools were "inherently unequal." He helped actor and activist Paul Robeson regain his passport after it was revoked by federal authorities. "He certainly was one of our great leaders," said Anne Pope, Northeast regional director of the NAACP. "He was a part of an era and a movement that is rapidly vanishing. We've... (Albany Times Union)

    St. Clair Bourne; captured the black experience on film  Dec 20, 2007
    LOS ANGELES - St. Clair Bourne, a prominent independent documentary filmmaker whose work focused largely on black social and political issues and cultural figures such as Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes, has died ... "Black men who define themselves from an Afrocentric point of view fascinate me - how they succeeded and overcame opposition," Mr. Bourne told American Visions in 1999, the year "Paul Robeson: Here I Stand," his documentary about the singer-actor-political activist, was part of the... (Boston Globe)

    Documentary maker focused on blacks  Dec 19, 2007
    Black men who define themselves from an Afrocentric point of view fascinate me, he said in 1999 By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer December 19, 2007 St. Clair Bourne, a prominent independent documentary filmmaker whose work focused largely on African American social and political issues and cultural figures such as Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes, has died ... "Black men who define themselves from an Afrocentric point of view fascinate me -- how they succeeded and overcame... (Los Angeles Times)

    High school scores from eastern Pennsylvania  Dec 15, 2007
    Paul Robeson 52, Math, Civics ce 36. Pen Argyl 48, Palisades 14. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Students embrace campus leadership roles  Dec 11, 2007
    Toby Jenkins, director of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, said it's a leader's "true sense of responsibility to their community" that sets them apart. "It's their sense of culture that drives them.". (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Office seeks to organize, find leader  Dec 10, 2007
    Toby Jenkins, director of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, agreed. "In conversations we've had, there's been questions raised like 'Should a lot of these things be a part of an all-encompassing unit as opposed to having disconnected things?' " she said. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Inside the First Amendment - We saw it then, we see it now: how free press can protect us  Dec 8, 2007
    His sister was a social activist, but it was her participation in a public protest over a Detroit hotel that refused to admit African-American singer-actor and activist Paul Robeson that authorities cited. Hardly the stuff of treason. (Missouri Valley Times News, IA)

    Chain of experience  Dec 7, 2007
    rick harsch wrote on Dec 6, 2007 3:54 PM:" Which is the child of our culture, Welch or M., Dan? Does our culture not generally combine unprecedented rapacity with a singular vision of itself as a shining moral example for the rest of the world? Does it not exalt the individualism of Dirty Harry and such while raining bescumberance upon peaceniks? Allen Ginsburg wrote Plutonium Ode and Phillip Glass put it to music, an example of two rejectors of authority collaborating and creating something... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Students learn from time spent with prison inmates  Nov 29, 2007
    To combat this problem, the Paul Robeson Cultural Center applied its three approaches to culture: educate, develop and engage. The cultural center sponsored the "Breaking Bread Series," a literary outreach initiative between inmates and graduate students, to cultivate, through education, development and engagement, a blueprint for both graduate students and inmates that was previously non-existent. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    King Solomon's Mines  Nov 27, 2007
    Cedric Hardwicke is decently resolute as Allan Quartermain and Paul Robeson equally stout playing Umbopa, the tribal dude who helps Irish spunk Kathy O'Brien (Anna Lee) towards a fabulous cache of diamonds that would inspire major drooling at De Beers. Drooling. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    King of Calypso still packs punch  Nov 26, 2007
    "The organizing of the labour movement in the thirties, the Great Depression which so many people in my family found themselves, World War Two where ideas were exploding ideological questions. And right after that came the whole world of McCarthyism and civil rights. I was on McCarthy's blacklist. And that was an honour. When I got to look at all the others on the list, I thought, 'wow, I'm not that good, guys.' "I have been privileged to have been friends with Martin Luther King, Eleanor... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Mitchell Harding, 79; L.A.-area public-radio personality was behind many popular shows  Nov 26, 2007
    "His heroes were Thomas Jefferson, the Dalai Lama, Studs Terkel, Paul Robeson, Malcolm X and the ancient Greeks. He would often quote from the ancient Greeks," Lesser said. In 2006 the two published "Healing and Spirit: Medicine, Politics, Civilization and the Making of an Extraordinary Physician.". (Los Angeles Times)

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