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Paul Robeson : a life of activism and art
- Title
- Paul Robeson : a life of activism and art / Lindsey R. Swindall.
- Author
- Swindall, Lindsey R., 1977-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | Sc E 13 1029 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Details
- Description
- x, 201 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art is the biography of an African American icon and a demonstration of historian Lindsey R. Swindall's knack for thorough, detailed research and reflection. Paul Robeson was, at points in his life, an actor, singer, football player, political activist and writer, one of the most diversely talented members of the Harlem Renaissance. Swindall centers Robeson's story around the argument that while Robeson leaned toward Socialism, a Pan-African perspective is fundamental to understanding his life as an artist and political advocate. Many previous works on Robeson have focused primarily on his involvement with the US Communist Party, paying little attention to the broader African influences on his politics and art. With each chapter focused on a decade of his life, this book affords us a fresh look at his story, and the ways in which the struggles, successes and studies of his formative years came to shape him as an artist, activist and man later on. Robeson's story is one not simply of politics and protest, but of a man's lifelong evolution from an athlete to an entertainer to an indispensable man of letters and African American thought. Swindall neatly outlines the events of Robeson's life in a way that freshly presents him as a man whose work was influenced by more than just his circumstances, but by a spirit rooted in dedication to the African's place in American art and politics.--INSIDE COVER.
- Series Statement
- The library of African American biography
- Uniform Title
- Library of African-American biography.
- Subjects
- African Americans
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 > Political and social views
- Harlem Renaissance
- Political and social views
- African Americans > Biography
- Biographies
- African American singers > Biography
- African American political activists > Biography
- African American athletes > Biography
- African American authors > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Scholar athlete -- Renaissance man -- World citizen -- People's artist -- Cold warrior -- Final curtain.
- Call Number
- Sc E 13-1029
- ISBN
- 9781442207936
- 1442207930
- LCCN
- 2012046652
- 40022115215
- OCLC
- 809615978
- Author
- Swindall, Lindsey R., 1977-
- Title
- Paul Robeson : a life of activism and art / Lindsey R. Swindall.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The library of African American biographyLibrary of African-American biography.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40022115215
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 13-1029JNE 13-160