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The Red Mask of Sanity: Paul Robeson, HUAC, and the Sound of Cold War Performance

2009; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 53; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1162/dram.2009.53.4.18

1531-4715

Tony Perucci,

Cinema and Media Studies

In 1949, after Paul Robeson—athlete, actor, singer, and anti-racist Leftist—stated that it would be “unthinkable” for blacks to fight a war against the Soviet Union, he was threatened by mobs, deprived of his US passport, denied work, hounded by the FBI, and made to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.