Editing Paul Robeson (section)

===In popular culture===
In 1949, some Chinese editors published children cartoons presenting him as an artistic and revolutionary hero.<ref name="Gao">{{cite web |last1=Gao |first1=Yunxiang |title=Why the People's Republic of China embraced Paul Robeson |url=https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-peoples-republic-of-china-embraced-paul-robeson |website=Aeon Essays |access-date=August 18, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818104246/https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-peoples-republic-of-china-embraced-paul-robeson |url-status=live }}</ref> In contemporary China, Robeson continues to be praised for his art and as a friend to China, including for his role in globalizing the ''March of the Volunteers''.<ref name=":Gao" />{{Rp|page=292}}

In 1954, the Kurdish poet [[Abdulla Goran]] wrote the poem {{transliteration|ku|Bangêk bo Pol Ropsin}} ("A Call for Paul Robeson"). In the same year, another Kurdish poet, [[Cegerxwîn]], also wrote a poem about him, {{transliteration|ku|Heval Pol Robson}} ("Comrade Paul Robeson"), which was put to music by singer [[Şivan Perwer]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Yüksel|first=Metin|title=Solidarity without borders: The poetic tributes to Paul Robeson of Goran and Cegerxwîn|journal=[[Journal of Postcolonial Writing]]|year=2015|volume=51|issue=5|pages=556–573|doi=10.1080/17449855.2015.1065287|s2cid=143371833}}</ref> In 1970, American poet [[Gwendolyn Brooks]] published a poem entitled ''Paul Robeson''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poets |first=Academy of American |title=Paul Robeson by Gwendolyn Brooks - Poems {{!}} Academy of American Poets |url=https://poets.org/poem/paul-robeson |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=poets.org |language=en}}</ref>

[[Black 47 (band)|Black 47]]'s 1989 album ''Home of the Brave'' includes the song "Paul Robeson (Born to Be Free)", which features spoken quotes of Robeson as part of the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/paul-robeson-lyrics-black-47.html|title=Paul Robeson Lyrics|publisher=Metro Lyrics|access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-date=March 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301164421/http://www.metrolyrics.com/paul-robeson-lyrics-black-47.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> These quotes are drawn from [[Paul Robeson congressional hearings#Paul Robeson's 1956 HUAC testimony|Robeson's testimony]] before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] in June 1956.

In 2001, Welsh rock band [[Manic Street Preachers]] released a song titled "[[Let Robeson Sing]]" as a tribute to Robeson, which reached number 19 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].

In January 1978, [[James Earl Jones]] performed the one-man show ''Paul Robeson'', written by [[Phillip Hayes Dean]], on Broadway.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/20/archives/stage-james-earl-jones-as-robeson-dramatic-monologue.html|title=Stage: James Earl Jones as Robeson|last=Eder|first=Richard|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 20, 1978|access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112124555/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/20/archives/stage-james-earl-jones-as-robeson-dramatic-monologue.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Phillip Hayes Dean, the Playwright of Divisive 'Paul Robeson,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/arts/phillip-hayes-dean-playwright-of-paul-robeson-dies-at-83.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 23, 2014 |access-date=June 5, 2017 |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504153509/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/arts/phillip-hayes-dean-playwright-of-paul-robeson-dies-at-83.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This stage drama was made into a TV movie in 1979, starring Jones and directed by [[Lloyd Richards]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Internet Movie Database|title=Paul Robeson (1979 TV Movie)|date=October 8, 1979|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078069|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=August 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818184247/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078069/|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the 2007 [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]], British-Nigerian actor Tayo Aluko, himself a baritone soloist, premiered his one-man show, ''Call Mr. Robeson: A Life with Songs'', which has since toured various countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/robeson/|title=Call Mr. Robeson – Award-winning monodrama with songs celebrating the life and art of Paul Robeson|website=Tayoalukoandfriends.com|access-date=October 21, 2023|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216181259/https://www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/robeson/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A fictional Paul Robeson appears in ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' episode "Winds of Change" as a friend of Indiana Jones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TheRaider.net – The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |url=http://www.theraider.net/films/young_indy/chapter_19.php |access-date=June 3, 2023 |website=Theraider.net |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603170215/http://www.theraider.net/films/young_indy/chapter_19.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[World Inferno Friendship Society]] had a semi-biographical song about Paul Robeson's life on their 2006 album ''Red Eyed Soul''.<ref>{{Citation |title=The World/Inferno Friendship Society – Paul Robeson |url=https://genius.com/The-world-inferno-friendship-society-paul-robeson-lyrics |access-date=2024-01-31}}</ref>

[[Tom Rob Smith]]'s novel ''[[Agent 6]]'' (2012) includes the character Jesse Austin, "a black singer, political activist and communist sympathizer modeled after real-life actor/activist Paul Robeson."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-jan-27-la-et-book-20120127-story.html|title=Book review: 'Agent 6' by Tom Rob Smith|author=Woods, Paula|date=January 27, 2012|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823061130/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/27/entertainment/la-et-book-20120127|url-status=live}}</ref> Robeson also appears in short fiction published in the online literary magazines the ''Maple Tree Literary Supplement''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Frank|first=David|title=The Robeson Connection|url=https://www.mtls.ca/issue23/david-frank/|journal=Maple Tree Literary Supplement|volume=23 (April–July 2018)|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419122421/https://www.mtls.ca/issue23/david-frank/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Every Day Fiction''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Alexander|first=Morris|title=A Small World|url=https://everydayfiction.com/?s=small+world|journal=Every Day Fiction|volume=January 23, 2019|access-date=March 31, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414140325/https://everydayfiction.com/?s=small+world|url-status=live}}</ref>

Film director [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]]'s video work ''End Credits'' (2012–ongoing), shown at the [[Whitney Museum|Whitney Museum of American Art]], the [[Tate Modern]], the [[Art Institute of Chicago]], and the [[Pérez Art Museum Miami]], reproduces Robeson's declassified, although still heavily redacted, FBI files.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve McQueen: End Credits|url=https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/2769/steve-mcqueen-end-credits|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=The Art Institute of Chicago|date=July 20, 2017|language=en|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030082627/https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/2769/steve-mcqueen-end-credits|url-status=live}}</ref>

On September 7, 2019, [[Crossroads Theatre]] Company performed Phillip Hayes Dean's play ''Paul Robeson'' in the inaugural performance of the [[New Brunswick Performing Arts Center]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Crossroads Premieres Paul Robeson at NBPAC's Grand Opening, Lion King Actor to Star |url=https://www.rutgers.edu/news/crossroads-premieres-paul-robeson-nbpacs-grand-opening-lion-king-actor-star |access-date=February 19, 2021 |website=Rutgers.edu |language=en |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411163301/https://www.rutgers.edu/news/crossroads-premieres-paul-robeson-nbpacs-grand-opening-lion-king-actor-star |url-status=live }}</ref>

Robeson was widely popular among [[India]]n intellectuals and artists. Noted Indian singer-songwriter, Dr. [[Bhupen Hazarika]] met Robeson in 1949, befriended him and participated in civil rights activities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Raman |first=Papri Sri |date=April 9, 2021 |title=Singer actor Paul Robeson is still missed and he still inspires 44 years after his death |work=[[National Herald]] |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/singer-actor-paul-robeson-is-still-missed-and-he-still-inspires-44-years-after-his-death |access-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018110945/https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/singer-actor-paul-robeson-is-still-missed-and-he-still-inspires-44-years-after-his-death |url-status=live }}</ref> Hazarika based his iconic [[Assamese language|Assamese]] song "''Bistirno Parore''" ("Of the wide shores") on Robeson's "Ol' Man River",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goswami |first=Manash P. |date=April 9, 2021 |title=From Ol' Man River to Burha Luit |work=[[The Assam Tribune]] |url=https://assamtribune.com/from-ol-man-river-to-burha-luit/?infinitescroll=1 |access-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018110945/https://assamtribune.com/from-ol-man-river-to-burha-luit/?infinitescroll=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dutta |first=Pranjal |date=November 5, 2020 |title=The African American Bhupen Hazarika |work=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|The Sentinel]] |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/editorial/the-african-american-bhupen-hazarika-509971 |access-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018110944/https://www.sentinelassam.com/editorial/the-african-american-bhupen-hazarika-509971 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Raju |first=Archishman |date=April 9, 2019 |title=Remembering a Revolutionary Artist: Paul Robeson and His India Connection |work=[[The Wire (India)]] |url=https://thewire.in/the-arts/remembering-paul-robeson |access-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018110950/https://thewire.in/the-arts/remembering-paul-robeson |url-status=live }}</ref> later translated into [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]] and [[Sanskrit]]. Singer-songwriter [[Hemanga Biswas]] sang the Bengali ballad "''Negro bhai amar Paul Robeson''" ("Our Negro brother Paul Robeson").<ref name=":1" /> There were nation-wide celebrations in India on Robeson's 60th birthday in 1958, with the then prime minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] saying: "This occasion deserves celebration…because Paul Robeson is one of the greatest artistes of our generation."<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

A jazz poetry opera, "Paul Robeson: Man of the People" by Lasana Katembe and Ernest Dawkins debuted at The Cabaret in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 31, 2024, and will have its Chicago premiere on June 7, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title='Man of the People' celebrates the larger-than-life story of Paul Robeson |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/04/man-of-the-people-celebrates-the-larger-than-life-story-of-paul-robeson/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mooieweer |first=Josh |date=2024-05-18 |title=Chicago Celebrates 'Paul Robeson: Man of the People' |url=https://www.petermcdowell.com/paulrobeson/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Peter McDowell Arts Consulting |language=en-US}}</ref>