Paul Robeson

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The career of Paul Robeson, an extraordinary scholar, entertainer, and activist, was destroyed by the U.S. government. Robeson was persecuted because he was an idealist, a man of principle. He envisioned an American society in which people of all classes and colors had equal status, and believed that socialism was a promising step toward achieving this ideal.

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"The career of Paul Robeson, an extraordinary scholar, entertainer, and activist, was destroyed by the U.S. government. Robeson was persecuted because he was an idealist, a man of principle. He envisioned an American society in which people of all classes and colors had equal status, and believed that socialism was a promising step toward achieving this ideal. Unfortunately, U.S. government officials believed that any criticism of the American system was subversive. The government subsequently mounted a vicious campaign aimed at rendering Robeson's career virtually nonexistent.
During the 1890s, when Paul Robeson was born, the majority of African Americans lived in the South, an environment charged with racial bitterness and contention. Lynch mobs murdered scores of blacks each year. Although blacks had the right to ..."

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