6 edition of Paul Robeson. found in the catalog.
Published
1975
by Crowell in New York
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Written in
A biography of the black man who became a famous singer, actor, and spokesman for equal rights for his people.
Edition Notes
| Statement | Illustrated by George Ford. |
| Genre | Juvenile literature., Biography. |
| Series | Crowell biographies |
| Contributions | Ford, George, 1936- illus. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | E185.97 .R642 1975 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 32 p. |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL5052074M |
| ISBN 10 | 0690005520, 0690006608 |
| LC Control Number | 74013663 |
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Here I Stand, originally published inwas Robeson's response to the questions about why his mission--to win the freedom of black people everywhere--incited so much hatred and fear in his country. Following Sterling Stuckey's introduction and Lloyd L.
Brown's preface, both Cited by: Martin Duberman's treatment of Paul Robeson's life is a wonder - thanks to his exhaustive research (i.e., the book is about pages long and the notes are another pages!), he paints an admiring yet fair picture of one of the giants of the last century/5.
Robeson at Waterloo Station in London in Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images Paul’s interactions with Wales were shaped by the violence of mining life: the everyday hardship of.
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TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR: Paul Robeson. By Eloise Greenfield Illustrations by George Ford. Paul Robeson was born inand as the son of a pastor, he learned to love written and spoken words at an early age. Within the love of his family he also learned to be proud of being black and to stand up for others and what he believed was right.
Goode married Paul Robeson in but continued her studies and after graduating from the University of Chicago inGoode became the first African American analytical chemist at Columbia Medical Centre.
Her book, Paul Robeson, Negro, was first published in Paul Robeson, in full Paul Bustill Robeson, (born April 9,Princeton, N.J., U.S.—died Jan. 23,Philadelphia, Pa.), celebrated American singer, actor, and black activist.
The son of a former slave turned preacher, Robeson attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., where he was an All-America football player. Upon graduating from Rutgers. The remarkable life of Paul Robeson, quintessential Harlem Renaissance man: scholar, all-American, actor, activist, and firebrand Born the son of an ex-slave in New Jersey inPaul Robeson, endowed with multiple gifts, seemed destined for fame.
In his youth, he was as ten. Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, - Janu ) was an American concert singer (bass), recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the 20th century.
He gained international attention for his work in the arts and he merged his artistic career with political activism to speak out for the equality of minorities and /5(3). Paul Robeson was an acclaimed 20th-century performer known for productions like 'The Emperor Jones' and 'Othello.' He was also an international : Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, – Janu ) was an American concert singer (bass), recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the 20th gained international attention for his work in the arts and he merged his artistic career with political activism to speak out for the equality of Brand: Beacon Press.
INSCRIBED BY PAUL ROBESON. ROBESON, Paul. Photograph inscribed. London, circa Vintage promotional sepia print of Paul Robeson from the British film Big Fella, with Robeson standing with hands on his hips, inscribed in.
Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson was recently published by Duke University Press. *** Author of Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson, Shana L. Redmond is an interdisciplinary scholar of music, race, and politics.
Prior to receiving her combined PhD in African American Studies and American Studies from Yale. Paul Leroy Robeson was born inthe son of a runaway slave, William Drew Robeson. He grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, where he gained fame as one of the greatest football players ever Author: Gilbert King.
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The remarkable life of Paul Robeson, quintessential Harlem Renaissance man: scholar, all-American, actor, activist, and firebrand Born the son of an ex-slave in New Jersey inPaul Robeson, endowed with multiple gifts, seemed destined for fame. In his youth, he was as tenacious in the classroom as he was on the football field.5/5(1).
Paul Robeson as Othello, ; photograph by Carl Van Vechten. When I was growing up in Britain in the s and s, Paul Robeson was much in evidence, on records, on the radio, on television.
His name was haloed with the sort of respect accorded to few performers. The astonishing voice that, like the Mississippi in the most famous number in. Passionate and enormously talented, Paul Robeson lived one of the great lives of the twentieth century.
Martin Duberman's classic biography is a monumental and powerfully affecting portrait of one of this century's most notable performers, political radicals, and champions of racial equality.View the profiles of people named Paul Robeson.
Join Facebook to connect with Paul Robeson and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to.About Here I Stand. Robeson’s international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under the debilitating scrutiny of McCarthyism.
