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.
Summary:
"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.
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