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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.
Subjects:
Robeson, Paul, > 1898-1976.
African American singers > Biography.
African American actors > Biography.
Singers > United States > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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