保羅·羅伯遜 （Paul Robeson，1898－1976），美國(guó)著名男低音歌唱家、演員、社會(huì)活動(dòng)家。早年在穆維爾高級(jí)學(xué)校求學(xué)期間，就曾參加過(guò)莎士比亞戲劇的演出。1923年畢業(yè)于哥倫比亞大學(xué)法律系，此后一直從事戲劇演出和電影拍攝等活動(dòng)。
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"The Four Insurgent Generals"
In 1934, Paul Robeson made the first of many trips to the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union, he said, he was treated as an equal of whites for the first time in his life. He declared his friendship for the Soviet Union. And he spoke about the need for peaceful co-existence between the United States and the Soviet Union. Conservative groups in the United States strongly opposed his friendship with the Soviet Union and his support for other liberal issues. Paul Robeson went to Spain in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War. He sang for Spanish civilians. And he sang for the Loyalist forces fighting for the Spanish republic. One of the songs he sang was this Spanish Loyalist song, "The Four Insurgent Generals." In the 1940s, many people in the United States were strongly opposed to Paul Robeson's political beliefs. They said he was too liberal or extreme. Next week, we will tell you about how opposition to his political beliefs affected the last part of his life.