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William Drew Robeson I (July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918) was the minister of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901 and the father of Paul Robeson. The Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church had been built for its black members by the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton.
15 de abr. de 2021 · Rev. William Drew Robeson, patriarch of a distinguished family. by Herb Boyd April 15, 2021. Last week we celebrated the life of Paul Robeson (1898-1976) whose birthdate is April 9. But...
William Drew Robeson I (July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918) was the father of Paul Robeson and the minister of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901. [1][2][3] Birth and escape from slavery. William was born in 1844 to Benjamin Robeson (1820-c1889) and Sabra (1825-c1885) who were enslaved on the Robeson ...
Summarize this article for a 10 years old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. William Drew Robeson I (July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918) was the minister of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901 and the father of Paul Robeson.
Beginning in 1880, William Drew Robeson, a self-emancipated slave from North Carolina, continued the activist tradition of Wright, Simmons, and Rogers as leader of the Witherspoon Street Church. His son, actor and anti-colonial icon Paul Robeson, carried this radical legacy into the next century.
But by the time he left slavery, William Drew Robeson already embodied aspects of slave culture that were African and later understood to be so by his son, who pointed to them in demonstrating his links to Africa. 3 Close Robeson had advantages in relation to black culture—derived directly from his family—not consciously shared by ...
Denny was the superintendent of the town of Princeton's Witherspoon School for Colored Children and had attended Lincoln University with another prominent local resident, Rev. William Drew Robeson. In 1898, the two worked as activists in Princeton, pressuring U.S. President William McKinley and Congress to pass laws to help end the epidemic of ...
