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Robeson   /rˈoʊbɪsən/   Listen
Robeson

noun
1.
United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976).  Synonyms: Paul Bustill Robeson, Paul Robeson.





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"Robeson" Quotes from Famous Books



... Shakespeare. Weren't you perfectly astonished when you found out how many other plays of his there were? I always thought there was nothing but 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Macbeth' and 'Richard III.' and 'King Lear,' and that one that Robeson and Crane have—oh ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... said, after feeling the patient's pulse and laying his hand on his brow, "an' we 'll hafter gib 'im some yarb tea an' nuss 'im tel de fevuh w'ars off. I 'spec'," he added, "dat I knows whar dis boy come f'om. He 's mos' lackly one er dem bright mulatters, f'om Robeson County—some of 'em call deyse'ves Croatan Injins—w'at's been conscripted an' sent ter wu'k on de fo'tifications down at Wimbleton er some'er's er nuther, an' done 'scaped, and got mos' killed gittin' erway, an' wuz n' none too well fed befo', an' nigh 'bout starved ter def sence. We 'll hafter ...
— The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and - Selected Essays • Charles Waddell Chesnutt
... opera "Lodoletta" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with G. Farrar, Lila Robeson, Caruso, de Segurola, Amato, Didur, and Cecil ...
— Annals of Music in America - A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events • Henry Charles Lahee


Words linked to "Robeson" :   vocaliser, singer, vocalizer, civil rights worker, civil rights activist, vocalist, civil rights leader


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