BLACK AMERICA'S CONTRADICTORY POLITICS OF INCLUSION (1898-1998)

In: Peace review: the international quarterly of world peace, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 357-362

Abstract

1998 IS THE CENTENNIAL OF THE BIRTH OF PAUL ROBESON. ROBESON, THE SON OF A RUNAWAY SLAVE, GREW TO BECOME NORTH AMERICA'S FIRST TRULY RECOGNIZED BLACK RENAISSANCE MAN. WITH A SUPERB BARITONE VOICE, HE BEGAN TO BUILD A SINGING AND ACTING CAREER. ROBESON WAS ALSO A POLITICALLY COMMITTED ANTI-RACIST INTERNATIONALIST, WHO, BECAUSE OF HIS SWEEPING TALENT AND POWER, BECAME THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN THE U.S. AT THE TIME.