Eslanda ("Essie") Cardozo Goode Robeson was the wife of an American bass singer who become involved with what?
Paul Robeson Paul Leroy Robeson (pronounced ; April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass singer and actor who became involved with the Civil Rights Movement. At Rutgers College, he was an outstanding American football player, and then had an international career in singing, with a distinctive, powerful, deep bass voice, as well as acting in theater and movies. He became politically involved in response to the Spanish Civil War, fascism, and social injustices. His advocacy of anti-imperialism, affiliation with communism, and criticism of the United States government caused him to be blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
Laura Joyce Bell Laura Joyce Bell (6 May 1854 – 30 May 1904) was an English-American actress and contralto singer mostly associated with Edwardian musical comedy and light opera. She was the wife of the American comedian Digby Bell with whom she frequently appeared with over the last two decades of her career.