. >> you mentioned earlier paul robison from your new book, "paul robeson: the artist as revolutionary. you write, you cannot fully appreciate how the jim crow system came to an end without an understanding of the life of paul robison. robison pioneered the struggle against jim crow throughout the 30s and 40s. >> guest: that is true despite the fact that i wrote it. that is to say that paul robison, bracco marketing bourne passed away in philadelphia in 1976, leading scholar as an undergraduate at rutgers university in brunswick, new jersey or his stars at the, baseball catcher in athletics generally turn on the spare and goes to columbia university and graduate on the fast track to becoming a lawyer but is diverted although i should say that he also is an early reformer of professional foot tall. but his career as a lawyer was diverted and he stumbles to performance and becomes a leading actor, a kind of precursor of denzel washington or will smith if you like. not only on the silver screen, but also on stage of several signature roles. a good deal of starter is created and wondered w

and his latest book titled "paul robeson, the artist as revolutionary." so when japan bombed pearl harbor, in place in black america was this infrastructure of pro tokyo support that paul robeson began to chip away at that. is to say paul robeson was able to convince many black americans that their destiny and fate should rest with solidarity with washington. >> join the conversation with your phone calls, e-mail, foob comments and tweets. for our complete schedule, go to booktv.org. >>> the next president making appointments to the supreme court of the united states will be president donald trump. >> with hillary clinton in the white house, the rest of the world will never forget why they've always looked up to the united states of america. >> c-span's campaign 2016 continues on the road to the white house with the vice presidential debate between republican governor mike pence and democratic senator tim kaine tuesday night from longwood university in farmville, virginia. beginning at 7:30 p.m. eastern with a preview of the debate. at 8:30, the pre-debat

>> guest: i noticed that you have mispronounced the name of paul robeson. sorry i have stage fright. i grew up frequently as a child says the was five years old i had the opportunity to follow upon the story of the context. >> host: per ounce it. >> caller: issues to syllables. paul robeson so with those documentaries and avoid brown whose ghostwriter and chauffeur and biographer. i was a friend of his four years before the end of his life. he also said paul robeson. at the historical society with the documentary of robe-son. then i noticed i notice errors of publishing at the time as that was my job. but that allowed me to do some corrections and that is how i meant him. and a biographer of. [inaudible] they all use what i consider the correct pronunciation of to seoul's robe-son. >> host: she sounds very knowledgeable. >> guest: i plead guilty coming from north carolina that affect the correct pronunciation. i did know lloyd brown. he has passed away by now. as a matter of fact, if for many reasons he also was a biographer because for a while and is seeki

. >> you mentioned earlier paul from your new book, paul robeson you write you cannot fully appropriatehow jim crow system came to an end without understanding of life. he pioneered the struggle against jim crow throughout the 30s and 40s that is true.. [laughter] >> despite fact that i wrote it. that is to say that paul black american born in new jersey in 1898 passings away in philadelphia in 1976 leading scholar as an undergraduate of rutger and new bruns we can and stars on gridiron and baseball catcher as far as athletics leaves there and goes to columbia university and graduates that was on fast track to becoming a lawyer. but diverted although i should say that he also is an early reformer and professional. but hiss career as a lawyer is diverted and he stumbles into performing and becomes a leading actor. a kind of precursor of denzel washington and will smith if you like not only on screen but stage and physical low is signature role. a good deal his stardom is created in london where he lives from article 1920s until the late 1930s to the united states of america. there's a wh

tell that year and last year "confronting black jacobins" and finally his most recent book is "paul robeson the artist asbe revolutionary" this is your chance to talk with professor gerald horne. >> guest: the scottsboro case that i write about and it also talk about in my biography of william paterson. as i tell the story is the turning point in the history of the struggle against u.s. jim crow apartheid. nine black youths arrested for sexually molesting two american women on the fast track in alabama to be executed by the state. as so many black americans before and sense to be accused falsely of a crime but william paterson intervened with labor defense to be energized by the u.s. communist party assisted by moscow.cow to help to organize the international campaign but what happens is that the international pressure with those egregious and horrible aspects with uh demonstrations with the consulate all over though world. and actually favored cubans protesting that leads to important supreme court presence with regard to the right to trial by jury. the u.s. supreme court precedents is uti