Paul Robeson : a watched man / Jordan Goodman.

Documents the African-American singer's achievements as both a performer and a political activist who vocally supported civil rights throughout the world, risking his career to raise awareness.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodman, Jordan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Verso, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface : in the presence of greatness
  • Introduction : being Paul Robeson, becoming radical
  • pt. I. Europe 1949. Postwar Britain
  • Peace talks in the Salle Pleyel
  • Garbled words
  • Legal lynching, Jersey style
  • pt. II. New York and Washington, D.C., 1949. Strike two
  • Like a duck
  • I am a radical
  • Peekskill
  • pt. III. Jim Crow's world. Strike three
  • But not out
  • Lynching, Southern style
  • pt. IV. Passport control. The longest undefended border
  • A political meddler
  • A cruel, criminal libel
  • You are the un-Americans
  • pt. V. Let Robeson go. Kent v. Dulles
  • Telling America's story
  • Free at last?
  • The final tour
  • Epilogue : freedomways.