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KBBZSnSMMM !^duluril '' ■ ■ T-rf^' APT; FN-TERTAINMENT Thursday, November 17, 2005 • Page 17 ntertainment Common Sense with flin Q^nPLi “Th acti singing and and speaking, I want to Can ^ ring. Maybe I ter people's hearts bet- tjje ^ their minds, with struggle of the Common man." ' Paul Robeson 1 Tliis ^ I’m doing the unthinkable. 'tionth^ Black History and it’s not t (Wow!) oiin^ . eson’s name probably won’t be school textbooks. ■ nis f plastered on any h'*' ^''cnci* * to become the latest fash- ' been any big-shot an attempt to capture \i R on-screen. S i„. ^son was bom in Princeton, N'am 9, 1898. His father, ■V Of s "Sonip„ Thomas A.M.E. Zion Church New Jersey. ^®forf- ^‘^hool Robeson found a ' acting. One of his first it '^eii school was Othello, ojj , °^son wasn’t dazzling audi- w gridiron. ''^Hed j exceptional athlete who p sports. ll in Somerville High sk?''’®rsitv ^o^son attended Rutgers l{g ® four-year academic scholar- j ^ ^“**6 ilUIIl OUlIlClviiiv ***&- k^*'^®'^itv ^o^son attended Rutgers 1*^ He ^ four-year academic scholar- •^Itet, i ‘he third black student . ^>ke school’s history, i,.^ ^at ti,>. ^ African Ameri tj •' '^iner Aincan Americans our- ma^’ racism and adversity, *te, become a twelve letter > V ^ Son Was named to several All- American football teams as a half-back. In addition to being an accomplished athlete, Robeson also made his mark in ‘^^hT graduated as class in 1919 and belonged to the Cap & sS Honor Society. He was also named a Phi Beta Kappa scholar. Robeson’s next endeavor was New York's Columbia Uw School, where e J . A in 1923. He tried to pursue a ^eTin law, but was discriminated against "“"iSrSiraed to the stage, starring , G Js Chillun Got Wings. He also :;a::ea ^f Emperor ;o„«, the mus.cai “ Rotorotel chid the lyrics to pop- ulaf^gs during his sug^^—^^ „flect the t^rFTe^am- ^rSTn River.” in *= nrs^n traveled a^und the^worldjo f'paris'"Hollanr London and Robeson realized he things in a fc^reig homeland, have he began to protest the Against Lynching. d^r From 1941 19 - the surveillance by J- *^He was he was Departmentforse^ Robesons -ft ^nd a curse, but viewed by some^ ajn allowed the gy poitier, Harry actors Kitt to express their Belafonte and Eartn ^^ ^ r - * O V Photo courtesy of http://www.achievement.org. opinions on U.S. social and political issues. Paul Robeson died on January 23, 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 77. He lived in seclusion during his later years and battled with a variety health issues. He was Denzel Washington before there was a Denzel Washington, the Jackie Robinson of Broadway. A true rennisaunce man. Ril.P Coach Ann Lashley. I’m Out, Peace. Contact Rasmi Gamble at pendulum@elon.edu or 278-7247, , , - 4. Vcsa. n t u. / o n \t j1 .c a >9 )£, }\
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