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02229aam a2200361 a 4500 001 4FA597C67C5D11E0AEB2F4966AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110512010052 008 100813s2010 ncua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2010033997 020 $a 0786435208 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786435203 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)656213255 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d CDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E185.97.R63 $b N65 2010 100 1 $a Nollen, Scott Allen. 245 1 $a Paul Robeson : $b film pioneer / $c Scott Allen Nollen. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland, $c c2010. 300 $a vii, 207 p. : $b ill. ; $c 26 cm. 520 $a "This is the first book-length study of African American Renaissance man Paul Robeson (1898-1976). Singer, actor, author, lawyer, athlete, pacifist and civil rights activist, Robeson was also the first African American to receive top billing in motion pictures. Two appendices cover Robeson's film work as offscreen narrator and singer and his many stage appearances"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Great things to come -- Black preacher's ambition : Body and soul (1925) -- The growth of an idea : Borderline (1930) -- Bloomin' majesty : The emperor Jones (1933) -- Imperial palaver : Sanders of the river (1935) -- Whale on the Mississippi : Show boat (1936) -- Singing king of Casanga : The song of freedom (1936) -- Down in the ditch : Big fella (1937) -- Enough here for all : King Solomon's mines (1937) -- Greener pastures : Jericho (1937) -- A people's film : The proud valley (1940) -- We were brothers : Native land (1942) -- Shantytown shake-up : Tales of Manhattan (1942) -- Deep river. 600 10 $a Robeson, Paul, $d 1898-1976. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American actors $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American singers $v Biography. 650 0 $a Political activists $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825073006.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20110512011932.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4FA597C67C5D11E0AEB2F4966AFF544E 994 $a Z0 $b IODInitiate Another SILO Locator Search