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Who is Paul Robeson? Born on April 9, 1898 in Princeton, New york His father was born of a slave who ran away from his slave master. Height 6’3- Weight 217 pounds His mother died when he was a young boy. Died in 1976 in Pennsylvania He was a big man who had a huge stage presence when performing. He was the fifth child of Maria Louisa Bustill and William Drew Robeson. As you can see he was quite a big man but as his son said in the book Paul Robson The Great Forerunner Paul was ‘very fast’

Things Accomplished Through Paul Robeson's life he accomplished so many things A singer Actor American athlete A lawyer A writer Trade unionist A member of the early civil rights movement And also a peace activist. He was an accomplished linguist speaking five languages fluently. Paul did all this because his dad was very motivating towards him. Not sure about the phrasing of this see my note on the email He would tell him that “he is just as good as any white man and there was nothing he couldn’t do if he set aside something” and this was Paul’s mantra through out his life. He made a mark in history due to his involvement in many inspiring activities all around the world. He mastered “over 20 languages and taught himself not just to speak, but also to write in Chinese” (wow) but this was only because no matter where he went he would study whilst traveling and he would have a book with him of what he is was studding studying at that time. So from this list you can see what a significant figure he was in the development of the afro American fight for civil rights and cultural recognition.

Famous American athlete (American football) In Pauls won a scholarship to university. He went to an all white people university where he firstly became a great American football player. He was also known as one of the greatest football players of all his time. Two years running Paul was named the most famous of all the American teams selected by Walter Camp. he was great at passing and receiving the ball.. He was also good at offensive blocking who would move to tackle. In this area of his life he was known to be the best middle line backer blocker of his era. His first achievement was a great American football player. (Wow) Even though Robeson was named the greatest football player twice in a row he was still excluded from the hall of fame book. This was only because at Robeson's time the white Americans had ruling class (more power) . This means that if the whites said no then it was final.