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Outspoken: Paul Robeson: Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show

Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrator: Eric Velasquez

Ages: 9+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-1-5362-1297-6

Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Paul Robeson, Actors, Singers, Political Activistm, African Americans, racism

Divided into four acts—Youth, Artist, Activist, and Erased—this stirring first-person, free-verse narration, interwoven with lyrics of spirituals, plays tribute to the iconic actor and singer. Arresting oil paintings. Sources, notes, bibliography.