Paul Leroy Robeson was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.
Robeson in 1942
Robeson in football uniform at Rutgers, c. 1919
Robeson's birthplace in Princeton, New Jersey
Fritz Pollard (left) and Robeson in a photo from the March 1918 issue of The Crisis
Columbia Law School (CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. It was founded in 1858 as the Columbia College Law School. The university was known for its legal scholarship dating back to the 18th century. Graduates of the university's colonial predecessor, King's College, include such notable early-American legal figures as John Jay, the first chief justice of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, who were co-authors of The Federalist Papers.
James Kent
Theodore William Dwight
Jerome L. Greene Hall, home of the law school and the Arthur W. Diamond Library. June 2019
Low Memorial Library