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Moon over Harlem: A story of the life, love and struggles of a Harlem family.
Juke joint: Two con-men end up in a small Midwestern town and pose as Hollywood big shots.
Song of freedom: A British citizen years to learn about his African roots.
Big fella: A man helps the police find a missing boy.
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This recording features original recordings from 1908-1947 of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta exposition address, the poetry of Langston Hughes and Paul Laurence Dunbar, read by Rev. James Andrew Myers and Edward Sterling Wright, rarely heard humor of Charley Case, readings from God's trombones by James Weldon Johnson, with presentations by actor, singer Charles Gilpin, vaudeville actor, performer and song producer, J. Rosamond Johnson, entertainer...
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""Daddy always said it takes a man of peace to stop a war." Based on the true story of Paul Robeson's visit to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, comes this recollection of his bravery and activism by his granddaughter, Susan Robeson, with her debut book. When Susan was a child her father and grandfather told her family stories over and over. Grandpa Paul was a great man, a singer with a deep and rumbling voice, a man of peace and principle...
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This program, narrated by Pam Grier, presents an overview of the life of Paul Robeson-- star athlete, world-renowned singer and actor, political activist and Communist sympathizer. Features interviews with academic experts and contemporaries such as Studs Terkel, Martin Duberman, Pete Seeger, and Oscar Brown, Jr.
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