Ricky Newcomb
Biographic Data
| ID | 3958975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ricky Newcomb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ricky |
| FAMILY NAME | Newcomb |
| SIGNATURE | NEWCOMB R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Can't Play in Peoria
In 1947, Peoria banned Paul Robeson from performing due to his leftist politics, the first American city to do so. The “Peoria Affair” signaled a key front in the newly emerging domestic Cold War that involved silencing the world’s most popular Black figure for advocating on behalf of racial equality, socialism, and unionism as well as against imperialism and fascism. Peoria’s canceling Robeson paved the way for the subsequent defeat of a radical…
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Can't Play in Peoria
In 1947, Peoria banned Paul Robeson from performing due to his leftist politics, the first American city to do so. The “Peoria Affair” signaled a key front in the newly emerging domestic Cold War that involved silencing the world’s most popular Black figure for advocating on behalf of racial equality, socialism, and unionism as well as against imperialism and fascism. Peoria’s canceling Robeson paved the way for the subsequent defeat of a radical…
American Political and Social Dynamics (1 works) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Left-wing politics (1 works) · Media studies (1 works) · Political science (1 works) · Politics (1 works) · Race, History, and American Society (1 works) · Sociology (1 works) · Spanish Civil War (1 works)