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Paul Robeson's Legacy Returns to the Banks

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Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration

 

In 2019, Rutgers marks the centennial anniversary of Paul Robeson's graduation from Rutgers College in 1919. In recognition, our community honors his achievements as a scholar, athlete, actor, singer, and global activist in a yearlong celebration featuring lectures, performances, art exhibitions, and more. The dedication of the Paul Robeson Plaza on the College Avenue Campus in spring 2019 will pay tribute to his legacy.

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Paul Robeson Rutgers Class of 1919 Centennial

RUTGERS FOOTBALL HONORS PAUL ROBESON

Paul Robeson was the first African-American football player at Rutgers University, and in celebration of Robeson's centennial graduation and the 150th anniversary of college football, the Scarlet Knights honored his legacy on—and off—the field. Robeson’s granddaughter and executive director of the Paul Robeson Foundation, Inc., Susan Robeson, served as an honorary football coach for the day.

Watch as Susan Robeson motivates her team with a moving speech about her grandfather's perseverance.

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Latest Scarlet and Black Book Explores Lives of Rutgers’ First Black Students

02/25/2020

In a new book in the Scarlet and Black Project, Rutgers University continues to examine its historical relationship to race, slavery and disenfranchisement, telling the story of the university’s first black students, who were pioneers treated as outcasts on their own campus.

Read the Rutgers Today article.

A Conscious Choice: Paul Robeson's Legacy

12/19/2019

By the time he turned 65, an ailing Paul Robeson felt both unappreciated for and unsatisfied with all that he had achieved. Martin Duberman, author of the biography Paul Robeson, writes that since childhood the actor, singer and social activist had struggled to live up to the dictum preached by his father, “that he should always do better and more.”

Read the Rutgers Today article.

Paul Robeson, Global Citizen

12/02/2019

In 1938, after having spent months raising funds for the Republican forces fighting the fascist Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, Paul Robeson went a step further. He embarked on a weeklong tour of Spain, where he met with and sang for Republican troops not far from the front lines.

Read the Rutgers Today article.

Paul Robeson's Journey to Activism

11/04/2019

In late 1946, after launching an antilynching crusade in Washington, D.C., Paul Robeson and a handful of colleagues visited President Harry Truman in the White House.

Read the Rutgers Today article.
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Galleries

Rutgers Football Honors Robeson
Susan Robeson stands between two Rutgers football players
Artistic Portraits of Paul Robeson
Painting of Paul Robeson wearing graduating cap
Robeson Fest
Robeson Fest on Voorhees Mall
Paul Robeson Plaza Dedication Ceremony
Paul Robeson Plaza
Paul Robeson Plaza: The Build
Paul Robeson plaza progress photo
From Robeson to King - Paul Robeson Centennial Kickoff Event
Event flyer says From Robeson to King
Paul Robeson Plaza Groundbreaking
Rutgers dignitaries, the Class of 1971, RAAA members and local leaders break ground on Paul Robeson Plaza
House of Mandela: Dinner and Wine Tasting
Maki Mandela speaks at a podium
Paul Robeson Through The Years
Paul Robeson

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