Paul Robeson

COME IN FROM THE COLD Just when Faith Galloway needed help on her ranch, a mysterious stranger appeared and offered his services. Luke Chandler knew all about cattle, but it was soon obvious he was more than an ordinary ranch hand. Why did he want to isolate himself in the New Mexico desert with only Faith for company? For fifteen years Luke had been on the run. But the moment he saw Faith, he knew she was someone worth stopping for - someone to come in from the cold for. Faith could help him face fears and doubts he'd left far behind, but could Faith trust her handsome outsider to stay?

A biography of the actor and singer renowned all over the world for his interpretations of various operatic roles.

Proud Valley, a sailor comes to a Welsh coal mining town and helps re-open the mine at the cost of his life. Native Land, a documentary formed from staged reenactments, leads viewers on an emotional tour of the U.S. and its freedom based ideologies (just prior to World War II) and looks at the the forces threatening to undermine its strengths from within: greedy capitalists, professional strikebreakers, and the Ku Klux Kan.

Sanders of the river: Commissioner Sanders, representative of the British Crown, puts down a bloody rebellion and re-establishes harmony for the pro-Bristish river people in this tale of adventure in West Africa. Jericho: a soldier flees to France during WWI when he accidentally causes the death of his sergeant and is sentenced to death for his murder!

According to Paul Robeson, Jr., the controversy about multiculturalism is in fact a profound ideological struggle over the values of our national culture. More than a question of the politics of race and gender, the debate is about whether melting-pot culture, the foundation of American life, should be replaced by a mosaic culture incorporating the values of the diverse groups that make up America's population. Robeson contends that the melting pot image has not worked for Blacks, who are excluded by definition from the blended culture of the ethnic American dream. Basing his argument in part on a rejection of the idea of radical individualism, the author suggests that the absence of a concept of group rights in American history places Blacks at a disadvantage. Radical individualism, as a philosophy, rejects the premise of civil rights for groups, which in modern parlance is termed "group tyranny." Robeson attacks mainstream American culture itself in a series of interrelated essays on his father (Paul Robeson), Clarence Thomas, liberals and conservatives, cultural diversity in the workplace, gender and minorities, Blacks and Jews, the Black middle class, and the university. What is needed, Robeson contends, is a new understanding of the nature of a culture of diversity - one that also celebrates Blacks, women, and other presently marginalized groups as visible and distinct actors.

The author argues that previous attempts at black empowerment has failed in the United States, arguing for a greater commitment on the part of African Americans to be agents of change for the country as a whole.