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Gr 6 Up—Readers of this thorough biography might ask themselves, "Is there anything Paul Robeson couldn't do?" Robeson was one of the first Black students to attend Rutgers University, where he excelled at football and academics. Despite his many talents, Robeson couldn't eat in a restaurant or stay at a hotel with his teammates when he traveled with this team because of Jim Crow laws. After a brief stint at New York University School of Law, he moved to Harlem in 1920 to attend Columbia Law School. After he graduat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More