“To be free—to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of our toil, to give our children every opportunity in life—that dream which we have held so long in our hearts is today the destiny that we hold in our hands.”
Stories from the Paul Robeson House
Hear personal narratives from those whose lives have been touched by this Renaissance man.
Robert Cole
Robert W. Cole is a gifted pianist and musician who moved from Tennessee to attend Penn State University and received a degree in music education. He has great admiration for Paul Robeson’s music and social activism. Cole went on to become a music teacher in the Lawrenceville, New Jersey, School District, for twenty-two years, and became the first American of African descent to teach at the Friends Select School in Philadelphia.