[nopardons]

This is a GREAT article, and so many well educated ( prior to the Civil Rights Movement ) , wealthy balck names have been left off the list. Paul Robson went to Columbia , something like five decades before affirmative action; for one . There was a famous journalist ( though I have forgotten his name at the moment ) at the New York Post, from the 1940's on down. The sisters, who published a book a dew years ago, also went to black AND Ivy Legaue colleges, and one was a prominent dentist. The list is endless.

[metesky]

Rutgers

1915

Paul, 17, wins a four-year scholarship to Rutgers in a statewide written competition. Entering the college that fall, "Robey," as he will come to be called, is the third African-American to attend the 500-student private college. The 6'2", 190-pound Robeson makes the football squad, despite physical intimidation by his teammates.

1917

Legendary Yale coach Walter Camp puts Robeson on his All-American team, calling him a veritable superman. He will be named again in 1918. In four years at Rutgers, he will win 15 varsity letters in four sports — football, baseball, basketball, and track. Robeson will dominate more than the playing field — he will become Rutgers' star scholar, orator, and singer and be elected to all the honor societies.

A good man (some say great) seduced by communism.