Film star. Singer. Athlete. Icon. Agitator. Martyr. A compelling biography of Paul Robeson, a life marked by triumph and tragedy. Paul Robeson was a brilliant student and champion athlete who abandoned a career in law to find worldwide fame as a performer and activist. He was undoubtedly the most famous African American of his time, perhaps, in the words of both Time magazine and W.E.B Dubois, "the best known American...