History of the Information Age

Courtesy Bettmann, Paul Robeson Appearing before a Congressional Committee, 1956, photograph, Courtesy Bettman/Corbis via Associated Press Pictured above is Paul Robeson testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee. This testimonial was brought about directly by McCarthy-era FBI surveillance and its impact on Robeson, and he used the opportunity to denounce the Red Scare and the activities of …

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The following sources are the most important sources for my overall history practicum paper: Perucci, Tony. Paul Robeson and the Cold War Performance Complex: Race, Madness, Activism. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012.   Tony Perucci is a professor of Performance and Cultural Studies and the Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of North …

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