A scholar of race and a leader in the Afro-Asian solidarity movement, Cedric Dover embodied the 20th-century cosmopolitan redefinition of racial identity. Tracing Dover's evolution through his relationships with W. E. B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, this book tracks racial identity in the twentieth century.
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Introduction: The Prism of Race 1. Cedric Dover's Colored Cosmopolitanism 2. W.E.B. Du Bois and Race as Autobiography 3. Langston Hughes and Race as Propaganda 4. Paul Robeson and Race as Solidarity 5. The Black Artist and the Colored World 6. The Death and Rebirth of the Colored World Epilogue: Barack Obama and Race as Freedom Afterward: The Library of the Colored World