- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 51 min., 25 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Author and classical singer Raoul Abdul was born in Cleveland, Ohio on November 7, 1929. Abdul was involved in theater from an early age, participating in children's theater productions by age six. Following graduation from high school, he began working as a journalist with the Cleveland Call & Post; and in 1951, at the age of twenty-two, he relocated to New York City. There, he performed at Carnegie Hall and sang in concert with fellow baritone William Warfield and contralto Marian Anderson. In 1961, Abdul became the literary assistant and close friend to writer Langston Hughes, and he remained so until Hughes's death in 1967. Abdul wrote several books, including 3000 Years of Black Poetry, Blacks in Classical Music, and The Magic of Black Poetry. He also taught private voice lessons in his home. Abdul passed away on January 15, 2010 at the age of eighty.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Raoul Abdul
- Raoul Abdul
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208656
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Raoul Abdul.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
035125
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2004 November 30.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Classical Singer.
- Added Author
Abdul, Raoul, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.