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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 4 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781911617204 | ISBN 10: 1911617206
Film star. Icon. Agitator. Martyr.  Paul Robeson was a brilliant student and champion athlete who abandoned a career in law to find worldwide fame as a performer and activist. He was undoubtedly the most famous African American of his time — be ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780099592624 | ISBN 10: 0099592622
When eighteen-year-old Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia studios in November of 1933 to record ‘Riffin’ the Scotch’ and ‘Your Mother’s Son-in-Law’, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and important career in twentieth-c ... more
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£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780745335322 | ISBN 10: 0745335322
A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages. These could be the crowning achievements of a life well-lived, yet for Paul Robeson the higher calling ... more
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£23.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780822358374 | ISBN 10: 0822358379
Soul! was where Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire got funky, where Toni Morrison read from her debut novel, where James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni discussed gender and power, and where Amiri Baraka and Stokely Carmichael enjoyed a sympathetic foru ... more
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