Paul Robeson — a moral giant in his time and a shining inspiration in ours

There are times in history (though all too few) when an individual dares stand in opposition to the prevailing orthodoxy, and in return is visited with public persecution at the hands of society’s self-appointed moral, cultural and political guardians.

Such an individual was Paul Robeson, who died at age 77 on 23 January 1976, and who…