he knew paul robeson because william l. patterson had been a lawyer in harlem at the same time paul robison was in harlem. they reignited their friendship in the soviet union in the 1930s and it was patterson's proselytizing along with robeson's own experience and helped to push robeson to the left. or not point he transpired. you may recall that robeson goes to the front lines are the special brewer 1936 to 1935, one of the first chapters in terms of the attempt by the fascist under adolf hitler to achieve world conquest, the spanish republic is overthrown because of this ample assistance provided by fascist germany. paul robeson tries to keep the spanish republic afloat, but to no avail. paul robeson probably would've stayed in london to the end of his life, but for the onset of august 1939, fearing for his family he decides to pack up and move back to his homeland. that is to say the united states of america. the united states of america is the negation into a debate about world war ii and the u.s. role in it. parenthetic

he knew paul robeson because patterson had been a lawyer in harlem at the same time paul robeson was in harlem. they reignited their friendship in the soviet union in the 1930's and it was patterson's along with robeson experience with germany that help pushed robenson to the left. from that point he's transformed. one of the first chapters under adolf hitler to achieve world conquest, the spanish republic is overthrown because of this ample assistance provided by fascist germna under benito melelini, keep the spanish republic afloat but to no avail. paul robenson would have stayed in london but because of war in europe, fearing for his family, he decides to pack up and move back to his homeland. that is the say the united states of america. the united states of america then is engaged in a debate about world war ii and the role in it. you should know that in the run up to the bombing of pearl harbor, the bombing of japanese forces of pearl harbor, hawaii, japan had made a very sustained and and not nonunsuccessful to woo black americans. all were united to a greater or lessor degree.

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paul robeson is one of my heroes , he spoke a lot of actual languages. but the idea of being multilingual and the more you do it, the more you continue to write poetry, it's going to be hard. continue to write poetry, continue to write the essays and things for school. doable, due at the same day, continue to do it. the more you do to do it. the more you do it, it will become, i remember having i remember those struggles and i remember for me now i will write a wrap and that i will write a film or something like that are right some other kind of writing. now i can move in the spaces a lot more fluidly than i used to. just continue to do it. practice and then talk in those language becomes more easy. >> can i say something quickly and to. one of the things, since i want to write something in the form that they're asking to write it in is it you just cannot speak that way. it's like your tongue just will not move, your pen will not move. but i do i do a lot of my own writing is i just write to form. if i need to put a palm poem in the middle of rsa, i'll d

message with me, but one of the things i have been inspired with is people who are multilingual, paul robeson was one of my heroes. he spoke a lot of actual languages, but that idea of being multilingual and the more you do it at the more you continue to write poetry it's going to be hard. continue to write-- read the essays of stop school like continue to do it. the more you do it, it's will become-- i remember those struggles and i remember like for me now sometimes i write a rap and i have to work on a film or something like that are write some other kind of private-- writing and now i can move in those spaces more fluently than i used to, so practice and eventually talk in those becomes more easy. >> and i say something quickly? >> yes. >> sometimes we want to write something in the form they are asking you to write it is, you just can't speak that way. it's like your time just won't move, your pen will not move and what i do a lot in my own writing is like if i need to put a poll and in middle of an essay i k couple bars of poetry i will do it and then i can stand the junta because i bel

historian on the biography of entertainer paul robeson and the u.s. relationship with haiti and the dominican republic. on afterwards, don watkins discusses income inequality. his book is, equal is unfair. is unfair. we finish up our primetime programming at 11:00 p.m. with veteran who talks about roosevelts address. that happens tonight on c-span two, book tv.. untran first. was first up is a look at mental