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...gulf-like stage to answer wildly enthusiastic curtain calls. Her arms filled with bouquets, more piled on the floor around her, she knelt in acknowledgment. Tears welled to her eyes, her voice choked as she thanked two leading stage characters of her race for their tributes, Tenor Paul Robeson and Dancer Bill ("Bojangles") Robinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ai'da Without Makeup | 7/31/1933 | See Source »

...Actor Robeson admitted he hoped to marry an English society woman, denied it was Negrophile Nancy Cunard." (TIME, July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 25, 1932 | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

Reader Weitzenkorn, onetime editor of Bernarr Macfadden's late pornoGraphic, is sophisticated. In TIME'S judgment, not everyone is aware of what he implies : that Singer Robeson, self-respecting, would never dream of having to do with blatant Negrophile Cunard. Fact remains, Singer Robeson did make the denial as reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 25, 1932 | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

Sued for Divorce. Paul Robeson, 34, Negro baritone, actor and athlete; by Eslanda Goode Robeson; in Manhattan. Reason: "ennui." Grounds: infidelity. Actor Robeson admitted he hoped to marry an English society woman, denied it was Negrophile Lady Nancy Cunard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 4, 1932 | 7/4/1932 | See Source »

...Paul Robeson, Negro singer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Kudos Jun. 20, 1932 | 6/20/1932 | See Source »

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