Paul Robeson
You're Dead to Me
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The Rise of Paul Robeson in the Forties
The world is engulfed in the second world war. The forties are caught on an existential struggle. So what are the 19 forties like for him, as a performer, as a political voice? And he leaves europe. He returns to the states. He films the film version of shobot. He sings ballad for americans,. which is one of the songs that he's most known for. It also ends up becoming, in 19 forty, the song played at the conventions of both the republican party and the communist party usa.
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