First published in 1958, these are the memoirs of black actor Paul Robeson, who had a fascination with the Soviet Union, advocated African independence and fiercely criticized racism in American society.
This text describes the lives of 16 men and women who acted as guides and interpreters for explorers, missionaries, and anthropologists. It includes Dona Marina, who interpreted for Cortes, Sacajawea, who travelled with Lewis and Clark, and Charles Eastman, Sioux physician at Wounded Knee.
Written by his own son, this life of Robeson (1898-1976) intimately reveals the details of his influential life as a cultural and political icon. An African-American scholar, singer, and athlete, Robeson, the son of an ex-slave, became an outspoken proponent of racial equality.
In this powerful and forward-looking indictment of contemporary American politics, Robeson melds history and analysis in a sweeping panoramic discussion of why black empowerment has failed, what it will take for Black Americans to finally cross over to the status of fully empowered citizens, and what the ramifications of this change can be for the ...
Robeson argues that the controversy about multiculturalism is in fact a struggle over the values of national culture. More than a question of race and gender, the debate is about whether melting-pot culture should be replaced by a mosaic culture of the diverse values of America's population.
Long before it was popular to do so, Paul Robeson--all-around athlete, Columbia Law School graduate, and internationally acclaimed actor and singer--placed himself squarely on the side of those who fought racial discrimination. Here is a stirring collection of Robeson's speeches and writings, interviews and newspaper reports, for a vivid portrait ...
One of history's most extraordinary Americans, Paul Robeson was successively an All-American football player and varsity baseball player, a graduate in law from Columbia, a hugely popular singer and actor on the international stage, an eloquent voice for the world's oppressed and a pioneer in the civil rights movement, and the target of relentless ...
A major new Doc Savage novel commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Man of Bronze. Doc battles the deadly and beautiful assassin Anna Gryahzxni--the infamous Red Widow--whose misson is to carry out a Kremlin death sentence. Original cover art by Joe DeVito.
According to Paul Robeson, Jr., the controversy about multiculturalism is in fact a profound ideological struggle over the values of our national culture. More than a question of the politics of race and gender, the debate is about whether melting-pot culture, the foundation of American life, should be replaced by a mosaic culture incorporating ...
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