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The undiscovered Paul Robeson : an artist's journey, 1898-1939

The long-awaited, untold, inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist. The first volume of this unprecedented biography reveals the depth of Robeson's cultural scholarship, explores the contradictions he bridged in his personal and political life, and describes his emergence as a symbol of the anticolonial and antifascist struggles. Filled with previously unpublished photographs and source materials from the private diaries and letters of Paul and Eslanda Robeson, this is the epic story of a forerunner who now stands as one of America's greatest heroes

eBook, English, ©2001
Wiley, New York, ©2001