Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art is the biography of an African American icon and a demonstration of historian Lindsey R. Swindall's knack for thorough, detailed research and reflection.
Blacklisted, his famed voice silenced, Here I Stand offered a bold answer to his accusers. It remains today a defiant challenge to the prevailing fear and racism that continues to characterize American society.
James, C.L.R. “Paul Robeson: Black Star.” In Spheres of Existence: Selected Writings, 3:256–264. London: Allison and Busby, 1980. First appeared in Black World, 1970. Stewart, Jeffrey C., ed. Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen.
His message of peace, equality and justice was understood as much on the streets of Manchester, Moscow, Johannesburg and Bombay as it was in Harlem and Washington, DC. Jordan Goodman tells the story of Robeson during the tumultuous Cold War ...
Filled with previously unpublished photographs and source materials from the private diaries and letters of Paul and Eslanda Robeson, this is the epic story of a forerunner who now stands as one of America's greatest heroes.
This left-wing alternative to the Democratic Party and its candidate, Henry Wallace, Franklin Roosevelt's former Vice President, sought to defuse the Cold War by establishing peaceful rela- tions with the Soviet Union and by pursuing ...
Paul Robeson, All-American
Describes the life of the entertainer, including his childhood in New Jersey, his success as an athlete, his success in entertainment, and his political activism.
A biography of the black man who became both a famous singer and a controversial figure in world politics.
Filled with previously unpublished photographs and source materials from the private diaries and letters of Paul and Eslanda Robeson, this is the epic story of a forerunner who now stands as one of America's greatest heroes.
... 1991): Mark Naison, Communists in Harlem during the Depression (New York: Grove Press, 1984); Michael Denning, The Cultural Front: The Laboring ofAmerican Culture in the Twentieth Century (New York: Verso, 1996), Fraser Ottanelli, ...