The Prism of Race [electronic resource] : W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, and the Colored World of Cedric Dover /
Slate, N.author.
A scholar of race and a leader in the Afro-Asian solidarity movement, Cedric Dover embodied the 20th-century cosmopolitan redefinition of racial identity. Tracing Dover's evolution through his relationships with W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, this book tracks racial identity in the twentieth century.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: Of Color; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Cedric Dover's Colored Cosmopolitanism; 2 W. E. B. Du Bois and Race as Autobiography; 3 Langston Hughes and Race as Propaganda; 4 Paul Robeson and Race as Solidarity; 5 The Black Artist and the Colored World; Conclusion The Death and Rebirth of the Colored World; Epilogue Barack Obama and Race as Freedom; Afterword The Library of the Colored World; Notes; Index
Includes index.
A scholar of race and a leader in the Afro-Asian solidarity movement, Cedric Dover embodied the 20th-century cosmopolitan redefinition of racial identity. Tracing Dover's evolution through his relationships with W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, this book tracks racial identity in the twentieth century.
Dover, Cedric
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