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Paul Robeson

On October 21, 1998, a special two part series of NJN's "Another View" focused on an African American man who posed as a role model to many throughout the world because of his professional achievements and his love of life. Paul Robeson was a scholar and intellectual who had one voice, heard in many different ways.

Throughout his years in America and abroad, Robeson was faced with racism; yet he was a political activist, and an ethnomusicologist. With numerous essays and poems written by him, and in honor of him, Robeson brought attention to the importance of his African culture and political consciousness. Although some denounced his strong beliefs, Robeson kept to his commitment of fighting racism and attaining freedom for all. To this day, over 100 years after his death, he is remembered through his written words and his effective actions.