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Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father's Detroit church. Her incredible talent and string of hit songs earned her the title "the Queen of Soul." This Queen was a multi-Grammy winner and the first female inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And there was even more to Aretha than being a singer, songwriter, and pianist: she was an activist,...
Series
Black American experience volume 10
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and work of celebrated African American actor, singer, athlete, writer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976).
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A two-part documentary that explores the separate but parallel experiences of two young boys, James "Jimmy" Safechuck, at age ten, and Wade Robson, at age seven, both of whom were befriended by Michael Jackson. They and their families were invited into his wondrous world, entranced by the singer's fairy-tale existence as his career reached its peak. Through gut-wrenching interviews with Safechuck, now 37, and Robson, now 41, as well as their mothers,...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Presents the history and current situation of African-American opera singers in America. Combines rare and contemporary footage of some of the greatest performers of the century and includes interviews with many notable black singers as well as opera company directors and critics.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Explore the life, career, art and legacy of the African American contralto and civil rights pioneer Marian Anderson. Best known for her concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial iin 1939, Anderson christened the Washington, D.C. landmark as a place of protest after she was discriminated against on the basis of a 'whites only' concert policy at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall. The concert became an inspiration to the...
Series
Paul Robeson portraits of the artist volume 1
Criterion collection volume 369
Criterion collection volume 370
Criterion collection volume 369
Criterion collection volume 370
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Emperor Jones: Brutus Jones, a African American Pullman porter schemes, swindles, and powers his way to become ruler of a Caribbean island. Paul Robeson : tribute to an artist: traces the singer-actor and political activist's career through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, Ol' Man River. Our Paul: Actors Ruby Dee and James Earl Jones and filmmaker William greaves recall Paul Robeson, his impact on African-American...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"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. Through his films, concerts, and records, he became a potent symbol representing the promise of a multicultural, multiracial American democracy at a time when, despite his stardom, he was denied personal access to his many audiences. Robeson was a major figure in the rise of...
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