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The Essay. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 5. Joe Hill. Audio, 14 minutes
Marybeth Hamilton on the ghosts of Joe Hill and Paul Robeson and their linked fates.
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The Essay. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 4. Zog Nit Keynmol. Audio, 13 minutes
Paul Robeson's life and struggle through songs .Tayo Aluko on Robeson's Zog Nit Keynmol.
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The Essay. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 3. The Canoe Song. Audio, 14 minutes
Paul Robeson's life and struggle told through music. Matthew Sweet on the Canoe Song.
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The Essay. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 2. Ol' Man River. Audio, 14 minutes
The life of Paul Robeson in songs. Granddaughter Susan Robeson on Ol' Man River.
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The Essay. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 1. No More Auction Block. Audio, 14 minutes
Paul Robeson's life and struggle through song. Shana Redmond on No More Auction Block.
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- Posted14 April 2020
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- Posted10 April 2020
The Essay. Paul Robeson in Five Songs, 5. Joe Hill. Audio, 14 minutes
Marybeth Hamilton on the two ghosts of Joe Hill and Paul Robeson and their linked fates.
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- Available for over a year
The Essay. Paul Robeson in Five Songs, 4. Zog Nit Keynmol. Audio, 14 minutes
Tayo Aluko explores Paul Robeson's anguished 1949 Moscow performance of Zog Nit Keynmol.
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The Essay. Paul Robeson in Five Songs, 2. Ol' Man River. Audio, 14 minutes
Susan Robeson tells how her grandfather transformed Ol' Man River into a song of defiance.
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The Essay. Paul Robeson in Five Songs, 1. No More Auction Block. Audio, 14 minutes
The life and struggle of Paul Robeson through song. Shana Redmond on No More Auction Block
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- Posted20 March 2020
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- Posted18 March 2020
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- Posted6 March 2020
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- Posted28 February 2020
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- Posted28 February 2020
The Essay. Top of the Bill, Stephen K Amos on Redd Foxx. Audio, 14 minutes
Comedian Stephen K Amos on American performer Redd Foxx and his impact on his own career.
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- Posted19 February 2020
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- Posted9 February 2020
Sunday Feature. Shades of Black: The Art and Genius of Archibald Motley Jr. Audio, 44 minutes
How the artist Archibald Motley Jr captured the politics of skin tone in Jazz Age Chicago.
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- Posted4 February 2020
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- Posted4 February 2020
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- Posted4 February 2020
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- Posted30 January 2020
