Roland Martin
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Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"
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1:11:18Now Playing#RolandsBookClub: Roland, Howard Bryant talk "Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America"
Kings and Pawns is the untold story of sports and fame, Black America and the promise of integration through the Cold War lens of two transformative events. The first occurred July 18, 1949 in Washington, D.C., when a reluctant Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball star who integrated the game and at the time was the most famous Black man in America, appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to discredit Paul Robeson, the legendary athlete, baritone, and actor — himself once the most famous Black man in America. The testimony would be a defining moment in Robinson’s life and contribute heavily to the destruction of Robeson’s iconic reputation in the eyes of America.
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