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
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction	p. 3
Happy Black Boy	p. 21
Paul Robeson: An Athlete's Legacy	p. 35
Doing the State Some Service: Paul Robeson and the Endless Quest for Racial Justice	p. 49
The Image and Paul Robeson	p. 61
Troubled Relations: Robeson, Eugene O'Neill, and Oscar Micheaux	p. 81
Paul Robeson, Musician	p. 105
Robeson and Othello	p. 123
The Black Body: Paul Robeson as a Work of Art and Politics	p. 135
Race, Working-Class Consciousness, and Dreaming in Africa: Song of Freedom and Jericho	p. 165
Paul Robeson and the American Labor Movement	p. 179
Comrades and Friends: The Personal/Political World of Paul Robeson	p. 197
Paul Robeson and the U.S.S.R.	p. 217
Paul Robeson: A Bibliophile in Spite of Himself	p. 235
What is Robeson's Contemporary Legacy?	p. 253
Black Stars in Exile: Paul Robeson, O. J. Simpson, and Othello	p. 275
Paul Robeson, Icon for the Twenty-First Century	p. 291
Notes	p. 301
About the Contributors	p. 315
Members of the Advisory Committee for the Paul Robeson Centennial Project	p. 319
Credits	p. 321
Index	p. 323
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