But he's not. Lindberg is unique among his peers for a single accomplishment. Robeson is not, in any meaningful sense. Robeson is elevated because of his politics.
Baloney. He was merely the first to succeed at that distance. Many preceeded him in the attempt and many successes followed immediately after.
Besides your argument is completely lame. Politics should trump all except for great art? Who's to judge that? Not our political clowns...but that's exactly what you're suggesting.
In the 19th century the Sultan Abdulmecid gazed for a long time at the mosaics of Jesus and Mary which adorned the walls of the Hagia Sophia, then commented,
"They are very beautiful, but for the time it is not appropriate to leave them visible".
He instructed his restorers to
"Clean them and cover them over again carefully, so that they may survive until they are revealed to view in the future."
I stand with him.
In the 20th century the Taliban had the 2000 year old Buddhas of Bamiyan destroyed because they were politically incorrect.
You stand with them.