Paul Robeson: The Great ForerunnerCompiled by the editors of Freedomways. Tributes to Robeson in prose and poetry by his contemporaries. Selections from Robeson's own writings. Foreword to this edition by Ernest Kaiser. Updated bibliography. |
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Contents
His Political Legacy to the Twentieth | 17 |
Paul Robeson on the English Stage | 26 |
The Cultural Philosophy of Paul Robeson | 50 |
The Culture of the Negro | 65 |
An Iconoclasts Quest for a Role | 72 |
Paul Robesons Mission in Music | 87 |
Great Friend of the Soviet People | 94 |
Our Beloved Pauli | 100 |
vii | 261 |
By Lloyd L Brown | 263 |
By Robert S Browne | 267 |
By Margaret Burroughs | 269 |
By Alice Childress | 272 |
By John Conyers | 274 |
By George W Crockett | 275 |
By Tom Dent | 280 |
American Negroes in the | 107 |
Paul Robeson at Peekskill | 130 |
Paul Robesons Impact on History | 142 |
The Book They Could Not | 150 |
The Power of Negro Action | 160 |
Paul Robeson and Rutgers Students | 178 |
The Artist as Activist and Social Thinker | 189 |
Legacy of Courage | 202 |
Were Moving | 211 |
The Battleground Is Here | 223 |
Ho Chi Minh Is Toussaint LOuverture of IndoChina | 229 |
Paul Robeson | 235 |
The Lion in Daniels Den by Nikki Giovanni | 238 |
To Paul Robeson by Nazim Hikmet | 239 |
For Paul Robeson A Blues Jazz Cantata by Antar Sudan Katara Mberi | 240 |
Ode to Paul Robeson by Pablo Neruda | 244 |
To Paul Robeson by Edward Royce | 251 |
Until They Have Stopped by Sarah E Wright | 252 |
TRIBUTES IN PROSE | 255 |
By Edward J Bloustein | 257 |
By Brigitte Bogelsack | 259 |
By Shirley Graham Du Bois | 284 |
By Dick Gregory | 285 |
By J Clinton Hoggard | 286 |
By Lena Horne | 290 |
By Mbiyu Koinange | 291 |
By John Lewis | 292 |
By George B Murphy | 296 |
By Jawaharlal Nehru | 300 |
By William L Patterson | 301 |
By Thelma Dale Perkins | 304 |
By Paul Robeson | 308 |
By Pete Seeger | 311 |
By Hope R Stevens | 313 |
By AfroAmerican Newspaper | 317 |
Chronology by Erwin A Salk | 319 |
Notes | 323 |
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Notes about the Contributors | 381 |
Second Supplemental Bibliography | 385 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Paul Robeson: The Great Forerunner |
| Author | Freedomways |
| Editor | Freedomways |
| Contributor | Ernest Kaiser |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | International Publishers Co, 1998 |
| ISBN | 071780724X, 9780717807246 |
| Length | 396 pages |
| Subjects | › Performing Arts / Acting & Auditioning |
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