As a young boy, Robeson was fortunate enough to grow up amongst white people and was sheltered from the cruel racism the world had to offer until his late adolescent years (Contemporary Black Biography). Paul Robeson was known as "a shy kid, who did everything well, but preferred to keep in the background" (Wright 14), but Paul would not be known as "shy" later in his life, for he would grow up to become one of the most influential African American figures of the 20th century. ... The fall of Paul Robeson was a slow one. ... Through the 1950's, Robeson came out as a f...

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