Paul Robeson : essays on his life and legacy / edited by Joseph Dorinson and William Pencak ; with a foreword by Henry Foner.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2002.
Description
vi, 226 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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Summary note
This volume is derived from a collection of essays first presented at a conference held at Long Island U. in February 1998, to honor Paul Robeson's memory on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Some of the essays appeared in Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic States (Winter 1999, volume 66, number 1). Additional essays were added to create this volume of 18 works, written by scholars and activists, and exploring Robeson's significance as a singer and political activist; his efforts to achieve solidarity between African Americans and Jews; the important role played by his wife, Eslanda Goode Robeson, in his struggles; his founding of the Freedom newspaper during the Korean War; the way conservative Americans turned against him in the press and tried to silence his voice; and his contemporary relevance. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Notes
Essays presented at a conference held at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus, Feb. 28, 1998.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Foreword : Keynote Address from the 1998 Long Island University Paul Robeson Conference / Henry Foner
  • Preface / William Pencak
  • Introduction / Joseph Dorinson
  • The Early Years : Childhood, Sports, and College
  • African Americans : Childhood in Slavery, Childlike in Freedom ... and Paul Robeson as Child and Parent / Joseph Illick
  • Paul Robeson : Rutgers Phenomenon, 1915-1919 / Sheila Tully Boyle, Andrew Bunie
  • Something to Cheer About : Paul Robeson, Athlete / Joseph Dorinson
  • Robeson the Athlete : A Remembrance / Lester Rodney
  • The Political Struggle
  • A Man of His Times : Paul Robeson and the Press, 1924-1976 / Mary E. Cygan
  • Out of the Shadows : The Political Writings of Eslanda Goode Robeson / Robert Shaffer
  • Paul Robeson and Jackie Robinson : Athletes and Activists at Armageddon / Joseph Dorinson
  • Paul Robeson, Peekskill, and the Red Menace / Joseph Walwik
  • Remembering Peekskill, USA, 1949 / Howard Fast
  • Paul Robeson, Freedom Newspaper, and the Korean War / Lawrence Lamphere
  • Music, Film, Theater
  • A Dream Betrayed : Paul Robeson and the British Film Industry / Jerry Holt
  • Paul Robeson and Classical Music / William Pencak
  • "A Symbol, Representing My People" : Marian Anderson's Way, Not Opposed to Paul Robeson's / William Pencak
  • "You Know Who I Am!" Paul Robeson's Ballad for Americans and the Paradox of the Double V in American Popular Front Culture / Kevin Jack Hagopian
  • When Paul Robeson Sang to Me / Leah Zazulyer
  • Legacies.
ISBN
0786411538 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001052111
OCLC
48140766
RCP
H - S
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