In the 1970s, Robeson’s admirers — boosted by the upsurge of black studies and black cultural projects, the waning of the Cold War — began to rehabilitate his reputation with various tributes, documentary films, books, concerts, exhibits, and a play
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The American composer and lyricist, who has died aged 91, shaped the musical artform with his wise, witty and extravagantly clever work
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