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Paul Robeson was an American singer and actor. He is perhaps best known for his legacy as a civil rights campaigner. He campaigned against segregation and lynching in America. Believing in equality for all he also fought for better pay and conditions with the Welsh miners in the Rhondda Valley during the 1930s. During the 1950s he was blacklisted on suspicion of being a Communist. His left-wing politics, combined with the colour of his skin, meant he was seen as a threat by the white American administration of the McCarthy era.