Paul robeson biography martin duberman
Paul robeson biography book
Paul robeson timeline biography...
Paul Robeson
There are no impartial observers.
Paul robeson biography martin duberman
The battle front is everywhere. There is no sheltered rear. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery.
Paul robeson biography racism
I have made my choice. I had no alternative.”
Americans are perhaps notorious for their selective amnesia when it comes to history. When notable Black Americans from its history are spoken of (still an increasingly rare occurrence) it is typically when they have either already passed on or are too infirm to be considered threatening to anyone’s power.
When they are spoken of, Muhammed Ali and Martin Luther King as the most glaring examples, it is rarely mentioned that they were reviled in their lifetimes. The racism, the ever present threat of lethal violence, is simply erased.
Martin Luther King, a tireless worker for