{"product_id":"paul-robeson-the-artist-as-revolutionary-paperback","title":"Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald Horne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***Winner PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Book Award***\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fine, taut analysis of the great African American athlete, singer, actor, and political activist.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChoice, \u003c\/i\u003e Highly Recommended\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paul Robeson should be remembered today as the forerunner of Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Muhammad Ali. He sacrificed his fame and fortune a performer and athlete in order to fight for the rights of African Americans during the time of Jim Crow and U.S. Apartheid. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages: these could be the crowning achievements of a life well-lived. Yet for Paul Robeson the higher calling of social justice led him to abandon both the NFL and Hollywood and become one of the most important political activists of his generation, a crusader for freedom and equality who battled both Jim Crow and US Senator Joseph McCarthy during the communist witch hunt of the 1950s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary\u003c\/i\u003e, Gerald Horne discovers within Robeson's remarkable and revolutionary life the story of the twentieth century's great political struggles: against racism, against colonialism, against poverty--and for international socialism. Chapters include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\"The Best Known American in the World\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Rising Revolutionary \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*From Moscow to Madrid \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\"Black Stalin\"? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Robeson: Primary Victim of the \"Blacklist\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Triumph--and Tragedy \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Death of a Revolutionary \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the Introduction, Horne writes: \"Paul Robeson--activist, artist, athlete--experienced a dramatic rise and fall, perhaps unparalleled in U.S. history. From mingling with the elite of London society and Hollywood in the 1930s, by the time he died in 1976, he was a virtual recluse in a plain abode in a working-class neighborhood of Philadelphia. What helps to explicate this tragic art of his life is a fateful decision he made when fascism was rising: he threw in his lot with those battling for socialism and decide to sacrifice his thriving artistic career on behalf of the struggle against Jim Crow--or U.S. apartheid.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This critical and searching biography provides an opportunity for readers to comprehend the triumphs and tragedies of the revolutionary progressive movement of which Paul Robeson was not just a part, but perhaps its most resonant symbol.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Horne\u003c\/b\u003e holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Counter-Revolution of 1776 \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Black Revolutionary\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44491041308774,"sku":"9780745335322","price":36.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/elRBNzdMVG94YmM2TmI0d2hBT0tyZz09.webp?v=1770666799","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/paul-robeson-the-artist-as-revolutionary-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}