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Paul Robeson : : a Watched man

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Europe 1949. Postwar Britain ; Peace talks in the Salle Pleyel ; Garbled words ; Legal lynching, Jersey style -- New York and Washington, D.C. 1949. Strike two ; Like a duck ; I am a radical ; Peekskill -- Jim Crow's world. Strike three ; But not out ; Lynching, Southern style -- Passport control. The longest undefended border ; A political meddler ; A cruel, criminal libel ; You are the un-Americans -- Let Robeson go. Kent v. Dulles ; Telling America's story ; Free at last? ; The final tour.
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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PUBLISHED
New York : Verso, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: xiv, 386 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1781681317
9781781681312

SUBJECTS
Robeson, Paul, -- 1898-1976.
African American singers -- Biography.
African American actors -- Biography.
Singers -- Biography.
Political activists -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- Biography.
Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- History -- 20th century.