let me start with robeson. i certainly get it.f the most unheralded, unappreciated, undervalued, i could go on all night, but for you, why a piece about paul robeson? >> i believe robeson epitomized the artist activist. during the time when there was such urgent issues facing us as a nation, as a human people, it's really important to highlight the story of artists who are willing to take a stand. >> he is the ultimate renaissance man, i think. for those who don't know what they ought to know about paul robeson, let's one through some of the things they'll know about him in the play. >> i call him a black superhero. tavis: exactly what it is. >> it doesn't sound real when you tell the story of all what he did. he was born the son of a slave in 1898. he was the third negro ever to graduate from rutgers university. went on to columbia law school, was all american football player. after that got into singing, didn't stop there, made hollywood films. had the longest running shakespearean play on broadway >> othello." he had such a hug