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===Ballad for Americans===
===Ballad for Americans===
After a return from Europe in 1939, Robeson quickly became the voice of the nation when he performed ''Patriotic [[cantata]] with lyrics by John La Touche and music by Earl Robinson. Originally titled, The Ballad for [[Uncle Sam]], it was written for a [[Works Progress Administration]] theatre project called ''[[Sing for Your Supper]]''.<ref>Online notes from 2005 [http://www.lafayette.edu/webdata/robeson/audio.html Paul Robeson Conference] at Lafayette College. Accessed 31 January 2006. </ref> Robeson performed "Ballad" on the [[CBS]] radio network in 1943, accompanied by chorus and orchestra. [[Bing Crosby]] would also record a commercially successful recording of the piece but the song is almost always associated with Robeson as it represents the pinnacle of his music and radio career prior to the [[Cold War]]<ref name=Duberman241>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, pg 241. </ref>He would perform it at [[The Hollywood Bowl]] to the largest sold-out crowd in its history.<ref name=Duberman241 />
After a return from Europe in 1939, Robeson quickly became the voice of the nation when he performed ''Patriotic [[cantata]] with lyrics by John La Touche and music by Earl Robinson. Originally titled, The Ballad for [[Uncle Sam]], it was written for a [[Works Progress Administration]] theatre project called Sing for Your Supper.<ref>Online notes from 2005 [http://www.lafayette.edu/webdata/robeson/audio.html Paul Robeson Conference] at Lafayette College. Accessed 31 January 2006.</ref>
Robeson performed "Ballad" on the [[CBS]] radio network in 1943, accompanied by chorus and orchestra. [[Bing Crosby]] would also record a commercially successful recording of the piece but the song is almost always associated with Robeson as it represents the pinnacle of his music and radio career prior to the [[Cold War]]<ref name=Duberman241>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, pg 241. </ref>He would perform it at [[The Hollywood Bowl]] to the largest sold-out crowd in its history.<ref name=Duberman241 />
===Communist Party membership rumors===
===Communist Party membership rumors===