Paul Robeson: A Biography (Lives of the Left Series)

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Author: Martin Duberman

ISBN-10: 0641999151

ISBN-13: 9780641999154

Category: African American Music

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A new paperback edition of Duberman's classic biography on one of the truly great lives of the 20th century.

PrefacexiChapter 1Boyhood (1898-1914)3Chapter 2Rutgers College (1915-1918)19Chapter 3Courtship and Marriage (1919-1921)31Chapter 4Provincetown Playhouse (1922-1924)47Chapter 5The Harlem Renaissance and the Spirituals (1924-1925)68Chapter 6The Launching of a Career (1925-1927)87Chapter 7Show Boat (1927-1929)109Chapter 8Othello (1930-1931)128Chapter 9The Discovery of Africa (1932-1934)156Chapter 10Berlin, Moscow, Films (1934-1937)184Chapter 11The Spanish Civil War and Emergent Politics (1938-1939)215Chapter 12The World at War (1940-1942)233Chapter 13The Broadway Othello (1942-1943)263Chapter 14The Apex of Fame (1944-1945)280Chapter 15Postwar Politics (1945-1946)296Chapter 16The Progressive Party (1947-1948)316Chapter 17The Paris Speech and After (1949)336Chapter 18Peekskill (1949)363Chapter 19The Right to Travel (1950-1952)381Chapter 20Confinement (1952-1954)404Chapter 21Breakdown (1955-1956)429Chapter 22Resurgence (1957-1958)446Chapter 23Return to Europe (1958-1960)465Chapter 24Broken Health (1961-1964)498Chapter 25Attempted Renewal (1964-1965)522Chapter 26Final Years (1966-1976)539Acknowledgments553Note on Sources557Notes565Index765