保罗·罗伯逊 （Paul Robeson，1898－1976），美国著名男低音歌唱家、演员、社会活动家。早年在穆维尔高级学校求学期间，就曾参加过莎士比亚戏剧的演出。1923年毕业于哥伦比亚大学法律系，此后一直从事戏剧演出和电影拍摄等活动。
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1958 was an important year for Paul Robeson. His regained his passport that year after a Supreme Court ruling on a similar case. The Supreme Court ruled that the State Department could not withhold passports of American citizens because of their suspected beliefs or the groups they joined. A book he wrote about his life, "Here I Stand," also was published. And, that same year, he performed in a concert at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York. It was his first appearance there in eleven years. Every seat in the hall was filled. Paul Robeson sang an African-American spiritual called "Didn't My Lord Deliver". Here is a recording from that concert. Paul Robeson and his wife Essie moved to London where he continued to sing and act. They also visited the Soviet Union often. In 1963, they returned to the United States. Paul Robeson was suffering from physical and mental problems. He retired from public life because of his bad health. Paul Robeson died in 1976, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1949, Paul Robeson had written these words: "I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom or the words that might inspire hope...in the face of...fear. My weapons are peaceful, for it is only by peace that peace can be attained. The song of freedom must prevail."