ASHCROFT, PEGGY.
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The Most influential man of the 20th century : Paul Robeson Part 1/ C.L.R. James.
Speech by historian C.L.R. James who presents his personal reminiscences of the noted Black actor and social critic, Paul Robeson. He discusses the emotional and spiritual insights presented by Robeson as a Shakespearian actor, Robeson’s role during the 1930’s as a critic of Franklin Roosevelt’s growing control over State Capitalism. Robeson predicted the emergence of…