Paul Robeson: a Biography

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Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Boyhood (1898-1914); Chapter 2 Rutgers College (1915-1918); Chapter 3 Courtship and Marriage (1919-1921); Chapter 4 Provincetown Playhouse (1922-1924); Chapter 5 The Harlem Renaissance and the Spirituals (1924-1925); Chapter 6 The Launching of a Career (1925-1927); Chapter 7 Show Boat (1927-1929); Chapter 8 Othello (1930-1931); Chapter 9 The Discovery of Africa (1932-1934); Chapter 10 Berlin, Moscow, Films (1934-1937); Chapter 11 The Spanish Civil War and Emergent Politics (193 8-1939); Chapter 12 The World at War (1940-1942). Chapter 13 The Broadway Othello (1942-1943)Chapter 14 The Apex of Fame (1944-1945); Chapter 15 Postwar Politics (1945-1946); Chapter 16 The Progressive Party (1947-1948); Chapter 17 The Paris Speech and After (1949); Chapter 18 Peekskill (1949); Chapter 19 The Right to Travel (1950-1952); Chapter 20 Confinement (1952-1954); Chapter 21 Breakdown (1955-1956); Chapter 22 Resurgence (1957-1958); Chapter 23 Return to Europe (1958-1960); Chapter 24 Broken Health (1961-1964); Chapter 25 Attempted Renewal (1964-1965); Chapter 26 Final Years (1966-1976); Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; Notes; Index. Textual AcknowledgmentsAbout the Author; Copyright Page. The remarkable life of Paul Robeson, quintessential Harlem Renaissance man: scholar, all-American, actor, activist, and firebrandBorn the son of an ex-slave in New Jersey in 1898, Paul Robeson, endowed with multiple gifts, seemed destined for fame. In his youth, he was as tenacious in the classroom as he was on the football field. After graduating from Rutgers with high honors, he went on to earn a law degree at Columbia. Soon after, he began a stage and film career that made him one of the country's most celebrated figures. But it was not to last. Robeson became increasingly vocal about defend.