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Jeff Sparrow
Vocalist. Actor. Athlete. Agitator. Icon. Martyr.
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Grant Olwage
Paul Robeson's Voices is a meditation on Robeson's singing, a study of the artist's life in song. Music historian Grant Olwage examines Robeson's voice as it exists in two broad…
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Carole Boston Weatherford
"In this moving birth-to-death biography, Carole Boston Weatherford's poetic first-person narrative, interlaced with excerpts from African American spirituals, pairs with ... illustrations by Eric Velasquez capturing Paul Robeson's commanding presence…
Robeson Paul
This collection brings together the huge array of musical talents that Paul Robeson possessed, the Spirituals, American Folk songs, show tunes, Blues and also the jazzy paean to the great…
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Eloise Greenfield
An updated and redesigned edition of the award-winning children’s biography of Paul Robeson.
Louise Slavicek
A biography of the multi-talented Robeson, a scholar-athlete, actor, singer, and political and civil rights activist.
Ron Ramdin
The first comprehensive biography of one of the best-loved singers of the last 100years. In Ron Ramdin s absorbing work, Robeson springs to life again as a man of charisma…
Paul Robeson
The long-awaited, untold, inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist. The first volume of this major biography breaks new ground. The greatest scholar-athlete-performing artist…
Eslanda Goode Robeson
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
PAUL ROBESON, NEGRO. Originally published in 1930. Contents include: I. The Negro Preacher 1 H. The Rev. William Robeson and ffis Boy ID III. Paul at College 27 IV. Harlem…
Paul Von Blum (Paul Von Blum)
Paul Robeson, despite being one of the greatest Renaissance figures in American history, still remains in relative anonymity. An exceptional scholar, lawyer, athlete, stage and screen actor, linguist, singer, civil…
Presents inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist. This book reveals the depth of Robeson’s cultural scholarship and describes his emergence as a symbol…
The eagerly awaited second volume of Paul Robeson, Jr. ‘s acclaimed biography of his father, the legendary singer, actor, and social activist The greatest scholar-athlete-performing artist in U.S. history, Paul…
The eagerly awaited second volume of Paul Robeson Jr.‘s acclaimed biography of his father, the legendary singer, actor, and social activist.The greatest scholar-athlete-performing artist in U.S. history, Paul Robeson was…
Presenting an approach to empowerment through a take on race in America, this work examines why black empowerment has failed and prescient in its articulation of what it will take…
Paul Robeson Jr dicusses the bitter legacy of race in America and confronts today’s challenges.
Susan Goldman Rubin
This comprehensive biography … explores the tumultuous and passionate life of activist, singer, and actor Paul Robeson –
Eslanda Goode Robeson offers readers an intimate look at the life of her husband, the legendary singer and activist Paul Robeson. Drawing from personal experiences and historical research, this biography…
Andrew Norman
The great singer, Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 9 April 1898. His father, William was a Presbyterian minister and a former slave; his mother, Maria…
Lindsey R. Swindall
Examines the historical and political context of acclaimed African American actor Paul Robeson’s three portrayals of Shakespeare’s Othello in the United Kingdom and the United States. All three of the…
Jordan Goodman
Timely and brilliant new portrait of the singer, campaigner and leading radical.
Scott Allen Nollen
The first book-length study of the 12 films starring the first African American to receive top billing in motion pictures such as The Emperor Jones, Sanders of the River and…
Gerald Horne (University of Houston)
A biography of one of the most important political activists of a generation
Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art is the biography of an African American icon and a demonstration of historian Lindsey R. Swindall’s knack for thorough, detailed research and…
Donald Scott
This is the story of the African-American Montier family, which traces its roots to Philadelphia's first mayor, a white Quaker named Humphrey Morrey, and includes generations of Black activists, artists…
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Paul H Robeson
An endless story of finding a lost love traveling back to different times and places.
Paul Robeson was born April 9, 1898, in Princeton, New Jersey, the son of an escaped slave. He became arguably the most prominent African American from the 1920s through the…
Susan Robeson
A true story of peace, the power of art, and the great singer and activist Paul Robeson told by his granddaughter.
Shana L. Redmond
Shana L. Redmond traces Paul Robeson’s continuing cultural resonances in popular culture and politics, showing how he remains a vital force and presence for all those he inspired.
Paul Buhle,Lawrence Ware
The first-ever graphic biography of Paul Robeson, Ballad of an American, charts Robeson’s career as a singer, actor, scholar, athlete, and activist. It features beautifully drawn chapters by artist Sharon…
The first-ever graphic biography of Paul Robeson, Ballad of an American, charts Robeson’s career as a singer, actor, scholar, athlete, and activist who achieved global fame. It features beautifully drawn…
Lloyd L. Brown
Famous as a football star and prizewinning student, then acclaimed as a world-class concert singer and record-breaking actor on stage and screen, Paul Robeson became one of America’s most controversia
Lenwood Davis
Paul Robeson,Sterling Stuckey
First published in 1958, these are the memoirs of black actor Paul Robeson, who had a fascination with the Soviet Union, advocated African independence and fiercely criticized racism in American…
Olga Barrios
The inextricable relationship between the sociopolitical and artistic roles played by African American performers Paul Robeson and Josephine Baker has not yet been closely examined. During the years they lived…
Barbara Ransby
The first biography of the bold, principled, and fiercely independent woman who defied convention to make her own mark on the world.
