The Undiscovered Paul Robeson

Author : Paul Robeson, Jr.
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470350709
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Undiscovered Paul Robeson written by Paul Robeson, Jr. and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-05-02 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited, untold, inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist. The first volume of this major biography breaks new ground. The greatest scholar-athlete-performing artist in U.S. history, Paul Robeson was one of the most compelling figures of the twentieth century. Now his son, Paul Robeson Jr., traces the dramatic arc of his rise to fame, painting a definitive picture of Paul Robeson's formative years. His father was an escaped slave; his mother, a descendent of freedmen; and his wife, the brilliant and ambitious Eslanda Cardozo Goode. With a law degree from Columbia University; a professional football career; title roles in Eugene O'Neill's plays and in Shakespeare's Othello; and a concert career in America and Europe, Robeson dominated his era. This unprecedented biography reveals the depth of Robeson's cultural scholarship, explores the contradictions he bridged in his personal and political life, and describes his emergence as a symbol of the anticolonial and antifascist struggles. Filled with previously unpublished photographs and source materials from the private diaries and letters of Paul and Eslanda Robeson, this is the epic story of a forerunner who now stands as one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.

Author : Paul Robeson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Undiscovered Paul Robeson written by Paul Robeson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Robeson
Publisher : Trade Paper Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Undiscovered Paul Robeson , An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939 written by Paul Robeson and published by Trade Paper Press. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Paul Robeson, who overcame racial discrimination to become a world-famous African-American athlete, actor, singer, and civil rights activist.

Author : Paul Robeson
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807096938
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Here I Stand written by Paul Robeson and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robeson's international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under the debilitating scrutiny of McCarthyism. 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.

Author : Paul Robeson, Jr.
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1583229620
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Black Way of Seeing written by Paul Robeson, Jr. and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son, Robeson’s A Black Way of Seeing melds history and analysis in a sweeping panorama of the present moment as we know it to be—scathing in its understanding of why Black empowerment has failed and prescient in its articulation of what it will take for Black Americans to be agents of change for the country as a whole.

Author : Lindsey R. Swindall
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442207957
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Robeson written by Lindsey R. Swindall and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Paul Robeson was, at points in his life, an actor, singer, football player, political activist and writer, one of the most diversely talented members of the Harlem Renaissance. Swindall centers Robeson's story around the argument that while Robeson leaned toward Socialism, a Pan-African perspective is fundamental to understanding his life as an artist and political advocate. Many previous works on Robeson have focused primarily on his involvement with the US Communist Party, paying little attention to the broader African influences on his politics and art. With each chapter focused on a decade of his life, this book affords us a fresh look at his story, and the ways in which the struggles, successes and studies of his formative years came to shape him as an artist, activist and man later on. Robeson’s story is one not simply of politics and protest, but of a man’s lifelong evolution from an athlete to an entertainer to an indispensible man of letters and African American thought. Swindall neatly outlines the events of Robeson's life in a way that freshly presents him as a man whose work was influenced by more than just his circumstances, but by a spirit rooted in dedication to the African's place in American art and politics.

Author : Paul Robeson
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9781684422739
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Undiscovered Paul Robeson written by Paul Robeson and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2010 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eagerly awaited second volume of Paul Robeson Jr.'s acclaimed biography of his father, the legendary singer, actor, and social activist. The greatest scholar-athlete-performing artist in U.S. history, Paul Robeson was one of the most compelling figures of the twentieth century. In this final volume of his groundbreaking biography, Paul Robeson Jr. tells the untold, inside story of his father's life from World War II until his death, including his fight against racism and injustice and his courageous defiance of persecution by government agencies. Breaks new ground, using unpublished photographs and source materials from private diaries, letters, and government documents Offers unprecedented insight into how Robeson bridged the contradictions of his personal and public life Praised as ""an accomplished and moving memoir"" (Boston Globe, on Vol. 1) and ""an important, well-wrought addition to African-American, Cold War and theater scholarship"" (Publishers Weekly) Revealing a multifaceted figure who moved among major roles as a performer, political activist, husband, and father, The Undiscovered Paul Robeson traces the dramatic arc of one of the world's most distinguished performing artists and passionate leaders in the fight for universal human rights.

Author : Sheila Tully Boyle
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558491496
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Robeson written by Sheila Tully Boyle and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a former slave, Paul Robeson (1898-1978) rose to become an All-American athlete, Phi Beta Kappa student, celebrated singer and actor, and champion of racial equality. But despite his achievements, Robeson was a victim of combined racism and McCarthyism. This massively researched biography upstages previous works on Robeson. 25 illustrations.

Author : Paul Robeson, Jr.
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470569689
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Undiscovered Paul Robeson written by Paul Robeson, Jr. and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eagerly awaited second volume of Paul Robeson Jr.'s acclaimed biography of his father, the legendary singer, actor, and social activist. The greatest scholar-athlete-performing artist in U.S. history, Paul Robeson was one of the most compelling figures of the twentieth century. In this final volume of his groundbreaking biography, Paul Robeson Jr. tells the untold, inside story of his father's life from World War II until his death, including his fight against racism and injustice and his courageous defiance of persecution by government agencies. Breaks new ground, using unpublished photographs and source materials from private diaries, letters, and government documents Offers unprecedented insight into how Robeson bridged the contradictions of his personal and public life Praised as "an accomplished and moving memoir" (Boston Globe, on Vol. 1) and "an important, well-wrought addition to African-American, Cold War and theater scholarship" (Publishers Weekly) Revealing a multifaceted figure who moved among major roles as a performer, political activist, husband, and father, The Undiscovered Paul Robeson traces the dramatic arc of one of the world's most distinguished performing artists and passionate leaders in the fight for universal human rights.

Author : Gerald Horne
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780745335315
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Robeson written by Gerald Horne and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages. These could be the crowning achievements of a life well-lived, yet for Paul Robeson the higher calling of social justice led him to abandon both the NFL and Hollywood and become one of the most important political activists of his generation - battling both Jim Crow and Joseph McCarthy.Gerald Horne's new biography uses Robeson's remarkable and revolutionary life to tell the story of the 20th century's great political struggles: against racism, against colonialism, and for international socialism. This critical and searching account provides an opportunity for readers to comprehend the triumphs and tragedies of the revolutionary progressive movement of which Robeson was not just a part, but, perhaps, its most resonant symbol.