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Paul Robeson was born April 9, 1898, in Princeton, New Jersey, the son of an escaped slave. He rose to unparalleled heights as an athlete, actor, singer, and activist, and was arguably the most prominent African American from the 1920s through the 1950s. This work is a compilation of 18 essays written by scholars and activists that were presented at a one-day conference held at Long Island.
Paul Robeson: Essays on His Life and Legacy by Joseph Dorinson. Joseph Dorinson, a professor of history, teaches at Long Island University and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Also a professor of history, William Pencak teaches at Pennsylvania State University.
Joseph Dorinson and William Pencak, Paul Robeson: Essays on His Life and Legacy This continued effort to revive Robeson's legacy includes essays on his childhood, his involvement in sports, his activism, and the political views and writings of his wife, Eslanda Robeson.
Paul Robeson For Beginners is here to demystify and bestow light and long overdue credence to the life of this extraordinary American. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Paul Von Blum is Senior Lecturer in African American Studies and Communication Studies at UCLA. He has taught at the University of California since 1968, serving 11 years at UC Berkeley before arriving at UCLA in 1980. He is the author of six.
Joseph Dorinson is the author of Jackie Robinson (4.00 avg rating, 7 ratings, 2 reviews, published 1998), Kvetching and Shpritzing (4.67 avg rating, 3 ra.
A Paul Robeson Research Guide: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (Westport, CT, and London: Greenwood Press, 1982) Dorinson, Joseph, and Pencak, William, Paul Robeson: Essays on His Life and Legacy (Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2002).
During his life Paul Robeson inspired thousands with his voice — raised in speech and song. But because of his singular support for communism and Stalin, because his life in retrospect became “ a pathetic tale of talent sacrificed, loyalty misplaced, and idealism betrayed, ” according to Jim Miller in Newsweek, Robeson disappeared in sadness and loneliness.