Paul Robeson

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.

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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