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9780813525105

Paul Robeson

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813525105

  • ISBN10:

    0813525101

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-04-01
  • Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

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Summary

A well-organized, skillfully designed collection of essays that offers a deep look at the famous African American performing artist, film actor, college athlete, political & civil rights activist, & government target, bringing out the complexity of Robeson's life & his many contributions.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
vii(8)
Preface xv(6)
Rae Alexander-Minter
Acknowledgments xxi(4)
Jeffrey C. Stewart
Chronology xxv
Introduction 3(18)
Jeffrey C. Stewart
EARLY LIFE, ATHLETICS, AND CITIZENSHIP 21(40)
HAPPY BLACK BOY
21(14)
Lloyd L. Brown
PAUL ROBESON: An Athlete's Legacy
35(14)
Francis C. Harris
DOING THE STATE SOME SERVICE: Paul Robeson and the Endless Quest for Racial Justice
49(12)
Derrick Bell
VISUAL ARTS, DRAMA, MUSIC, AND FILM CONTRIBUTION 61(118)
THE IMAGE AND PAUL ROBESON
61(20)
Deborah Willis
TROUBLED RELATIONS: Robeson, Eugene O'Neill, and Oscar Micheaux
81(24)
Charles Musser
PAUL ROBESON, MUSICIAN
105(18)
Doris Evans McGinty
Wayne Shirley
ROBESON AND OTHELLO
123(12)
Martin Duberman
THE BLACK BODY: Paul Robeson as a Work of Art and Politics
135(30)
Jeffrey C. Stewart
RACE, WORKING-CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS, AND DREAMING IN AFRICA: A Song of Freedom and Jericho
165(14)
Mark A. Reid
POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND FINAL YEARS 179(74)
PAUL ROBESON AND THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT
179(18)
Mark D. Naison
COMRADES AND FRIENDS: The Personal/Political World of Paul Robeson
197(20)
Gerald Horne
PAUL ROBESON AND THE U.S.S.R.
217(18)
David Levering Lewis
PAUL ROBESON: A Bibliophile in Spite of Himself
235(18)
Charles L. Blockson
ROBESON'S CONTEMPORARY SIGNIFICANCE 253(48)
WHAT IS ROBESON'S CONTEMPORARY LEGACY?
253(22)
Julianne Malveaux
BLACK STARS IN EXILE: Paul Robeson, O. J. Simpson, and Othello
275(16)
Ed Guerrero
PAUL ROBESON, ICON FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
291(10)
John Hope Franklin
Notes 301(14)
About the Contributors 315(4)
Members of the Advisory Committee for the Paul Robeson Centennial Project 319(2)
Credits 321(2)
Index 323

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