Here I stand

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Robeson's international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under the debilitating scrutiny of McCarthyism. Blacklisted, his famed voice silenced, Here I Stand offered a bold answer to his accusers. It remains today a defiant challenge to the prevai…

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Title Statements

Full title :Here I stand / Paul Robeson ; with a preface by Lloyd L. Brown and a new introduction by Sterling Stuckey.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:[1988], ©1958.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Beacon Press
Place of Publication:Boston
Language:eng
Publication Date:[1988], ©1958.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxxvi, 121 pages) : : portrait

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780807096932, 0807096938
oclc:ocn649768629
LC Classification:E185.97.R63
Dewey Decimal:B

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African Americans African Americans -- Biography Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Sci… Electronic books Noirs américains -- Biographies Robeson, Paul SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race… SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies