Paul Robeson discusses Othello

The first black American to play Othello in an American Theatre. New York 1943.

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Education

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• Paul
• Robeson
• Othello
• Shakespeare

[Raford146]

It's a shame most Americans have no idea about Robeson. He's been omitted from popular culture because of his so-called radical views.

[diddeliduddi]

dear jesus, this darling of an actor is splendid!

[TheBombshell19]

My very favorite American of ALL time!!!

[cait72590]

Wow. This is so cool. I hope to be fearless and hard working and make waves like Paul Robeson did in my career as an actor.

[SOCOM018]

he's GOT to be James Earl Jones' father or uncle...

[catch2370]

this guy was fucking amazing! What a character he comes off as here...very funny and down to earth.

[AfroPoli]

@Raford146 That's because they do not like intelligent people. Intelligent people have to have radical views. The rest are sheep.

[yabruf]

@ritzbitzfei

I never said there aren't any educated, intelligent blacks in modern times. Per capita there is a significant imbalance with respect to: prison population, violent crimes, high school dropout rates, teen pregnancy to name a few. Specifically blacks should be excelling in this country more so then the other races. They were here at the countries birth. Why can Asians, Indians, and others come here and get advanced degrees and be successful but most blacks cant get out of the ghetto?

[YourFaceWillDie468]

@Nyame30 "People like you seem to want the negative stereotypes about blacks to be true."

Uh, dude...he said EXACTLY the opposite, you dullard.

[BlacknesUnforgivable]

@yabruf You clearly arent black

[ThePharaoho]

Wow! He's the most dignified man I've ever seen, and not only did he have a beautiful singing voice but his speech is also beautiful strong and articulate. What a treat this is! This man is a legend and icon. There will never be another like him! Pure Genius!

[StMartinTours]

It's wonderful to see a video from the 1940's of someone speaking off the cuff, instead of newsreels and so forth where the speech tends to be more stilted.