Paul Robeson

Retired history professor from Long Island University, Joseph Dorinson lives in Floral Park, New York. Also a professor of history, William Pencak teaches at Pennsylvania State University. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

• Table of ContentsForeword     Preface     Introduction     THE EARLY YEARS Childhood, Sports, and CollegeAfrican Americans: Childhood in Slavery, Childlike in Freedom…and Paul Robeson as Child and Parent     Paul Robeson: Rutgers Phenomenon     Something to Cheer About: Paul Robeson, Athlete     Robeson the Athlete: A Remembrance     The Political StruggleA Man of His Times: Paul Robeson and the Press    Out of the Shadows: The Political Writings of Eslanda Goode Robeson    Paul Robeson and Jackie Robinson: Athletes and Activists at Armageddon    Paul Robeson, Peekskill, and the Red Menace     Remembering Peekskill, USA, 1949     Paul Robeson, Freedom Newspaper, and the Korean War     Music, Film, TheaterA Dream Betrayed: Paul Robeson and the British Film Industry     Paul Robeson and Classical Music     “A Symbol, Representing My People”: Marian Anderson’s Way, Not Opposed to Paul Robeson’s     “You Know Who I Am!” Paul Robeson’s Ballad for Americans and the Paradox of the Double V in American Popular Front Culture    When Paul Robeson Sang to Me    Legacies“Americans Through Their Labor”: Paul Robeson’s Vision of Cultural and Economic Democracy     Paul Robeson: Icon or Hero?    Expanding the African-American Studies Curriculum: “Paul Robeson: An American Life”    Paul     About the Contributors     Index