Nicole Hill

She's just like.

I'm still a fan.

Paul's viral moment when he was misquoted has big consequences for him and his family.

They're now targets of the US government and a coordinated effort to discredit and ultimately erase him from every corner of public life begins.

Which brings me to...

How we came to forget the Robesons.

It's 1950.

The State Department demands that Paul and Essie sign loyalty oaths disavowing communism.

They refuse.

Their passports are revoked.

So you're Paulie.

What are your conversations like with your parents at this point?

They're in their 50s and they're taking on the United States of America.

So in 1956, the Robesons get called down to Washington to testify in front of lawmakers.

They're going in hopes of getting their passports back.

So now you have to just remember that this is during the era of the Red Scare.

So even though the Robesons by now would have learned that the USSR under Stalin is this like violent authoritarian regime, they remain unwavering in their belief in communism.

So Essie's question by Joseph McCarthy and his little protege, Roy Cohn, who is the mentor to the current president.

They want to know why she's so obsessed with Africa.

If she's like an American and why she loved it there so much.