Paul Robeson
Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass baritone concert artist and stage and film actor who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political activism.
Educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University, he was also a star athlete in his youth.
He also studied Swahili and linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London in 1934.
His political activities began with his involvement with unemployed workers and anti-imperialist students whom he met in Britain and continued with support for the Loyalist cause in the Spanish Civil War and his opposition to fascism.
In the United States he also became active in the Civil Rights Movement and other social justice campaigns.
His sympathies for the Soviet Union and for communism, and his criticism of the United States government and its foreign policies, caused him to be blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
In 1915, Robeson won an academic scholarship to Rutgers College, where he was twice named a consensus All-American in football, and was the class valedictorian.
Almost 80 years later, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
He received his LL.B. from Columbia Law School, while playing in the National Football League (NFL).
At Columbia, he sang and acted in off-campus productions.
After graduating, he became a figure in the Harlem Renaissance with performances in "The Emperor Jones" and "All God's Chillun Got Wings".
Between 1925 and 1961, Robeson recorded and released some 276 distinct songs, many of which were recorded several times.
The first of these were the spirituals "Steal Away" backed with "Were You There" in 1925.
Robeson's recorded repertoire spanned many styles, including Americana, popular standards, classical music, European folk songs, political songs, poetry and spoken excerpts from plays.
Robeson performed in Britain in a touring melodrama, "Voodoo", in 1922, and in "Emperor Jones" in 1925, and scored a major success in the London premiere of "Show Boat" in 1928, settling in London for several years with his wife Eslanda.
While continuing to establish himself as a concert artist, Robeson also starred in a London production of "Othello", the first of three productions of the play over the course of his career.
He also gained attention in the film production of "Show Boat" (1936) and other films such as "Sanders of the River" (1935) and "The Proud Valley" (1940).
During this period, Robeson became increasingly attuned to the sufferings of people of other cultures, notably the British working class and the colonized peoples of the British Empire.
He advocated for Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War and became active in the Council on African Affairs (CAA).
Returning to the United States in 1939, during World War II Robeson supported the American and Allied war efforts.
However, his history of supporting civil rights causes and pro-Soviet policies brought scrutiny from the FBI.
After the war ended, the CAA was placed on the Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations and Robeson was investigated during the age of McCarthyism.
Due to his decision not to recant his public advocacy, he was denied a passport by the U.S. State Department, and his income, consequently, plummeted.
He moved to Harlem and from 1950 to 1955 published a periodical called "Freedom" which was critical of United States policies.
His right to travel was eventually restored as a result of the 1958 United States Supreme Court decision, "Kent v. Dulles".
In the early 1960s he retired and lived the remaining years of his life privately in Philadelphia.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Harry Wainwright (footballer)
Harry Wainwright( born 1899; date of death unknown) was an English footballer.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
That's Why Darkies Were Born
"That's Why Darkies Were Born" was a popular song written by Ray Henderson and Lew Brown.
It originated in "George White's Scandals" of 1931, where white baritone Everett Marshall performed the song in blackface.
The song was most famously recorded by popular singer Kate Smith, whose rendition was a hit in 1931, and by award-winning singer, film star, scholar, and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.
It was also featured in a 1931 all-star recording of a medley of songs from "George White's Scandals", where it was sung by Frank Munn on Brunswick and just as famously part of Paul Whiteman medley sung by Native American jazz singer Mildred Bailey on Victor.
One verse runs:
The song was part of a fatalistic musical genre in the 1930s where African Americans were depicted as "fated to work the land, fated to be where they are, to never change.
That's Why Darkies Were Born" has been described as presenting a satirical view of racism, although historians have found no evidence that the song was ever performed in a satirical or joking manner.
The song was openly criticized as racist by African American audiences in the early 1930s, and Mildred Bailey received many letters from the public urging her to stop performing it in 1931.

Question: When did the performer of song That'S Why Darkies Were Born die?