Paul Robeson (1898-1976), the int&#x27;l known actor, singer, athlete (football), scholar, and political activist made his New York professional acting debut as the lead in O&#x27;Neill&#x27;s All God&#x27;s Children Got Wings (1924). Two years later he presented a one-man concert of spirituals and Nego &quot;work songs&quot; at N.Y.&#x27;s Town Hall. In 1928, while living in England (1927-1939) he was cast as Joe, the stevedore who sings &quot;Old Man River,&quot; in the London production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein&#x27;s Show…