Biography
Paul Robeson – African-American bass-baritone, stage and film actor, All-American football player, lawyer, and advocate for civil rights – was outspoken against racism, colonialism, and social injustice. Rutgers graduate, scholar of world cultures, and speaker of more than 20 languages, he worked tirelessly to break down political and racial barriers, and to build bridges between the peoples of this world. In July 1950, the US State Department revoked the blacklisted artist’s passport thus preventing him from pursuing his successful international career as a singer and actor. But international audiences continued to honor and call out for him, and he found technologically advanced and effective ways to reach his communities all over the world.
Current album
Voice of Freedom
Artists Paul RobesonRelease Date: 08/30/2024
The special 14-CD edition, documenting Paul Robeson’s complete major-label discography recorded 1925–1947, is out now! It contains the first release of Robeson’s groundbreaking Victor recordings on CD with 16 recordings reissued for the first time and 5 previously unreleased, the first restoration of Robeson’s famous 1944 Othello stage production with Uta Hagen and José Ferrer from the original 33 master disc sides, his complete remastered Columbia albums (Songs of Free Men, Popular Favorites, Spirituals) and the first release of his complete historic 1958 recitals at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church, New York, and Royal Albert Hall, with 30 previously unissued recordings.