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'Kings and Pawns' explores Jackie Robinson's reluctant testimony against Paul Robeson

At the beginning of the Cold War in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to ...

'The most famous black person in America': How the 1950s 'Red Scare' erased a US icon

Paul Robeson was a superstar of the stage and screen, a talented football player and a music hitmaker. Then came a dramatic ...
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'Kings and pawns' tells the untold story of Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson

Author Howard Bryant joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America'.

Sportswriter Howard Bryant talks about his book, 'Kings and Pawns'

NPR's Scott Simon talks to sportswriter Howard Bryant about Bryant's latest book "Kings and Pawns." ...
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“Kings and Pawns”: Howard Bryant on What Jackie Robinson & Paul Robeson Reveal About America

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death on January 23, 1976. The actor, singer, athlete and scholar was once famous around the world, but he was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by ...