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Paul Robeson
Singer, actor, athlete & civil rights titan
He could do everything — and the government punished him for believing everyone else should be able to, too.
The rise
The son of a formerly enslaved man, Robeson won a scholarship to Rutgers, where he was a two-time All-American in football, then graduated from Columbia Law School. He turned to performance, becoming the most celebrated concert bass-baritone of his era and a major film and stage actor.