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Here I stand

Robeson's international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union p...

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Main Author: Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
Other Authors: Brown, Lloyd L. (Lloyd Louis), 1913-2003 (Writer of preface), Stuckey, Sterling (Writer of introduction)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [1988]
Subjects:
African American singers > Biography.
Singers > United States > Biography.
African American actors > Biography.
Actors > United States > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Robeson, Paul, > 1898-1976.
African Americans > Biography.
Autobiographies.
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Summary:Robeson's international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under the debilitating scrutiny of McCarthyism. Blacklisted, his famed voice silenced, Here I Stand offered a bold answer to his accusers. It remains today a defiant challenge to the prevailing fear and racism that continues to characterize American society.
Physical Description:xxxvi, 121 pages : portrait ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780807064450
0807064459
9780807064382
0807064386
Author Notes:Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert singer (bass), recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the 20th century. He gained international attention for his work in the arts and he merged his artistic career with political activism to speak out for the equality of minorities and the rights of workers throughout the world. His friendship with the Soviet Union and the Soviet peoples plus criticism of the lack of progress in civil rights in the United States at the outset of the Cold War and during the age of McCarthyism brought scrutiny, conflict and retribution from the American government. His public persona became diminished, his income plummeted and he faced isolation from the Civil Rights Movement in the second half of the 20th century.

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