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Author:

Balaji, Murali, 1979-

Title:

The professor and the pupil : the politics of W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson / Murali Balaji.

Publisher:

Nation Books,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xxvii, 481 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Du Bois, W. E. B.--(William Edward Burghardt),--1868-1963--Political and social views.
Robeson, Paul,--1898-1976--Political and social views.
African American political activists--Biography.
Political activists--United States--Biography.
African American intellectuals--Biography.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
United States--History.--History.
Social conflict--United States--History.
Du Bois, W. E. B.--(William Edward Burghardt),--1868-1963.
Robeson, Paul,--1898-1976.
Human rights--United States--History.
Civil rights--United States--History.
African Americans--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-464) and index.

Contents:

The Harlem Renaissance and the birth of a friendship -- Dual epiphanies -- Du Bois, Robeson, and the Popular Front -- Stalin's purge, the Pact, and false justification -- World War II and the domestic battlefront -- Africa, Asia, and the global vision -- Convergence and divergence -- The "witch hunt" and the NAACP's betrayal -- Crash -- Bonding through disgrace -- The legacy of two fallen icons.

Summary:

Chronicles the forty-year friendship between the civil rights activists, including their evolution into leaders of the American liberal movement and why their political views led to ostracism even by fellow African-Americans.

ISBN:

1568583559 (pbk.)
9781568583556 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2008299866

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)