San Antonio College Library

Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art is the biography of an African American icon and a demonstration of historian Lindsey R. Swindall's knack for thorough, detailed research and reflection. Paul Robeson was, at points in his life, an actor, singer, football player, political activist and writer, one of the most diversely talented members of the Harlem Renaissance. Swindall centers Robeson's story around the argument that while Robeson leaned...

A biography of the African-American singer and actor who was an advocate of racial equality.

Through vivid vignettes, the platinum-selling, Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots tells dramatic stories of the four powerful relationships that shaped him, each a complex weave of love, discovery, trauma and loss, illuminating the redemptive power of the upcycle.

Author's memoir of growing up black in the 1930s and 1940s.

Represents oral interviews with 19 black journalists who brought particular perspectives to coverage of events from World War II, the civil rights movement (the Black Muslims and the Black Panthers), the Vietnam War, prison riots, the Chicago Seven trial and the civil war in Africa -- covering aspects of race that fall under the radar of white reporters.