Author: Barbara Ransby
Publisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1642596795
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode Robeson lived a colorful and amazing life. Her career and commitments took her many places: colonial Africa in 1936, the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, the founding meeting of the United Nations, Nazi-occupied Berlin, Stalin's Russia, and China two months after Mao's revolution. She was a woman of unusual accomplishment—an anthropologist, a prolific journalist, a tireless advocate of women's rights, an outspoken anti-colonial and antiracist activist, and an internationally sought-after speaker. Yet historians for the most part have confined Essie to the role of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a wife hidden in the large shadow cast by her famous husband. In this masterful book, biographer Barbara Ransby refocuses attention on Essie, one of the most important and fascinating black women of the twentieth century. Chronicling Essie's eventful life, the book explores her influence on her husband's early career and how she later achieved her own unique political voice. Essie's friendships with a host of literary icons and world leaders, her renown as a fierce defender of justice, her defiant testimony before Senator Joseph McCarthy's infamous anti-communist committee, and her unconventional open marriage that endured for over 40 years—all are brought to light in the pages of this inspiring biography. Essie's indomitable personality shines through, as do her contributions to United States and twentieth-century world history.
Eslanda
Author: Barbara Ransby
Publisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1642596795
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode Robeson lived a colorful and amazing life. Her career and commitments took her many places: colonial Africa in 1936, the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, the founding meeting of the United Nations, Nazi-occupied Berlin, Stalin's Russia, and China two months after Mao's revolution. She was a woman of unusual accomplishment—an anthropologist, a prolific journalist, a tireless advocate of women's rights, an outspoken anti-colonial and antiracist activist, and an internationally sought-after speaker. Yet historians for the most part have confined Essie to the role of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a wife hidden in the large shadow cast by her famous husband. In this masterful book, biographer Barbara Ransby refocuses attention on Essie, one of the most important and fascinating black women of the twentieth century. Chronicling Essie's eventful life, the book explores her influence on her husband's early career and how she later achieved her own unique political voice. Essie's friendships with a host of literary icons and world leaders, her renown as a fierce defender of justice, her defiant testimony before Senator Joseph McCarthy's infamous anti-communist committee, and her unconventional open marriage that endured for over 40 years—all are brought to light in the pages of this inspiring biography. Essie's indomitable personality shines through, as do her contributions to United States and twentieth-century world history.
Publisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1642596795
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode Robeson lived a colorful and amazing life. Her career and commitments took her many places: colonial Africa in 1936, the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, the founding meeting of the United Nations, Nazi-occupied Berlin, Stalin's Russia, and China two months after Mao's revolution. She was a woman of unusual accomplishment—an anthropologist, a prolific journalist, a tireless advocate of women's rights, an outspoken anti-colonial and antiracist activist, and an internationally sought-after speaker. Yet historians for the most part have confined Essie to the role of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a wife hidden in the large shadow cast by her famous husband. In this masterful book, biographer Barbara Ransby refocuses attention on Essie, one of the most important and fascinating black women of the twentieth century. Chronicling Essie's eventful life, the book explores her influence on her husband's early career and how she later achieved her own unique political voice. Essie's friendships with a host of literary icons and world leaders, her renown as a fierce defender of justice, her defiant testimony before Senator Joseph McCarthy's infamous anti-communist committee, and her unconventional open marriage that endured for over 40 years—all are brought to light in the pages of this inspiring biography. Essie's indomitable personality shines through, as do her contributions to United States and twentieth-century world history.
Transnational Blackness
Author: M. Marable
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230615392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Black intellectuals in the US have long thought of racism as a global phenomenon. This book presents, for the first time, a full overview of the history, critical analysis and theoretical perspectives of key black scholars and activists on the transnational dynamics of modern race and racism throughout the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230615392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Black intellectuals in the US have long thought of racism as a global phenomenon. This book presents, for the first time, a full overview of the history, critical analysis and theoretical perspectives of key black scholars and activists on the transnational dynamics of modern race and racism throughout the world.
Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History
Author: Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
African Journey
Author: Eslanda Goode Robeson
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 083716222X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 083716222X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
African-American Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations, 2nd Ed.
Author: James Chambers
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 0780816064
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
Presents more than 100 diverse holidays and festivals observed by Americans of African descent, exploring their history, customs, and symbols. Also includes a chronology, bibliography, and index.
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 0780816064
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
Presents more than 100 diverse holidays and festivals observed by Americans of African descent, exploring their history, customs, and symbols. Also includes a chronology, bibliography, and index.
Black in the British Frame
Author: Stephen Bourne
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826455395
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In this updated edition of Stephen Bourne's acclaimed and award-winning study, the author takes a personal look at the history of black people in popular British film and television. He documents, from original research and interviews, experiences and representations which have been ignored in previous media books about people of African descent. There are chapters about Paul Robeson, silent films, soap operas and much more--as well as several useful appendices including award winners and suggestions for further reading.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826455395
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In this updated edition of Stephen Bourne's acclaimed and award-winning study, the author takes a personal look at the history of black people in popular British film and television. He documents, from original research and interviews, experiences and representations which have been ignored in previous media books about people of African descent. There are chapters about Paul Robeson, silent films, soap operas and much more--as well as several useful appendices including award winners and suggestions for further reading.
Dictionary Catalog
Author: Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Author: Colin A. Palmer
Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
ISBN: 9780028658179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Contains primary source material.
Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
ISBN: 9780028658179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Contains primary source material.
Catalogues of Items for Auction by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, 1840-1870
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description