Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Wikipedia
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", also "Motherless Child", is a traditional spiritual. It dates back to the era of slavery in the United States . An early performance of the song was in the 1870s by the Fisk Jubilee Singers .
保罗·罗伯逊 - 百度百科
保罗·罗伯逊（Paul Robeson，1898年4月9日-1976年1月23日），1898年4月9日出生于美国普林斯顿，美国男低音歌唱家、演员、社会活动家。 保罗·罗伯逊在穆维尔高级学校求学期间，参加了莎士比亚戏剧的演出。
Paul Robeson, Part I: The Making of an International Icon
Paul Robeson’s mother, Maria Louisa Bustill Robeson (1853–1904), a descendant of free Blacks. Maria married William Robeson in 1878. They had seven children, the youngest of whom was Paul Leroy Robeson, born in 1898.
Paul Robeson - Wikipedia
Robeson had three brothers: William Drew Jr. (born 1881), Reeve (born c. 1887), and Ben (born c. 1893); and one sister, Marian (born c. 1895). [13] In 1900, a disagreement between William and white financial supporters of the Witherspoon church arose with apparent racial undertones, [14] which were prevalent in Princeton. [15] .
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(1898–1919) - Wiley
Paul was the last of the seven Robeson children, two of whom had died in infancy.1 His oldest surviving sibling, William Drew Jr. (“Bill”), born in 1881, was seventeen and attending high school; John Bunyan Reeve (“Reed”) was twelve; Benjamin (“Ben”) was six; and Marian was four.
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child by Paul Robeson - Songfacts
Also known as "Motherless Child," this African American spiritual from the US Civil War era depicts the anguish of slaves torn from their families, their homeland, and even their own identities. Paul Robeson, a former lawyer-turned-actor, recorded the sorrowful tune in his signature baritone.
保罗·罗伯逊 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
保罗·勒鲁瓦·罗伯逊 （英語： Paul Leroy Robeson[1]，1898年4月9日—1976年1月23日）是美国歌手、运动员、演员，因其在政治激进主义及在 美国民权运动 中的活动而出名。 [2] 罗伯逊是最早推广黑人福音乐的演唱歌手。 他也是20世纪首位出演 莎士比亚 戏剧《奧賽羅》的黑人。 [3] 在大学时期，他是一个出色的美式足球运动员，后来他成为了一个国际级的歌手，并从事剧院和电影的演出。 他卷入了一系列政治事件如 西班牙内战， 法西斯主义 和社会不公。 他对于反帝国主 …
The Undiscovered Paul Robeson - ECHO
In his Preface to The Undiscovered Paul Robeson, Robeson, Jr. promises a second volume that chronicles his father’s life from 1939 to his death in 1976. There he expects to provide an account of his father’s role as a prophet in search of full freedom for his people.
Discography of American Historical Recordings
Remastered as ARRM-4068, a dub made in 6/72. Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-34077. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child / Paul Robeson," accessed January 11, 2025, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008330/BVE-34077-Sometimes_I_feel_like_a_motherless_child.
Paul Robeson - Discography of American Historical Recordings
Paul Leroy Robeson (ROHB-sən; April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.