A new generation reinterprets Paul Robeson, singer, actor, advocate, and all-American icon

In many ways, the Paul Robeson House & Museum is suspended in time. The dining room wallpaper is mint green and floral-sprigged; the kitchen is original to the 1950s; the bedroom overlooking 50th Street has furniture original to Robeson’s time in the house. 

It’s a shrine, a monument to the man it’s named for: Paul Leroy Robeson, whose image shines through the stained glass and whose legacy as an athlete, actor, singer, and activist is an American story of success, adversity, and suppression. Here to bring this story into the 21st century are The Young Informants, a handful of ninth-graders from Paul Robeson High School, who are training to become youth docents with the help of Robeson House staff and the Netter Center for Community Partnerships. 

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