Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on the 9th of April, 1898 to William Drew Robeson, and Maria Louisa Bustill Robeson (Wright 11). ... As Robeson started to protest and express his political ideas very loudly across the United States, he gained some attention from people who believed in his cause; however, with admirers, however, there always come opponents. ... As a result, he had to cancel eighty-five concerts because cities were banning him from performing (Dictionary of American Biography). Finally, in 1958, Paul Robeson was granted a passport, and he immediately left for ...

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Losing his brother, Wa-Go (Chi-Muoi Lo), to the excesses of capitalism represented by an Asian criminal gang, Jian-Wa's dream of freedom has turned on him, and, helped by his brother's ghost, he continues on his quest for some sort of resolution as the series follows him on his journey across America. ... As a syndicated series without an American network home, Vanishing Son needs to have the ability to travel across network, cable, satellite, as well as national, ethnic, and linguistic borders. ... Although Rodney King and the uprising that resulted when his attackers eluded j...

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