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This life / Sidney Poitier.

Book/Text

New York : Knopf, 1980.

1980

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The Cosby wit : his life and humor / Bill Adler.

Book/Text

New York : Carroll & Graf, 1986.

1986

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Bill Cosby : the changing Black image / by Robert Rosenberg.

Book/Text

Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c1991.

1991

1 item

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Colored actors' union theatrical guide : tells everything you want to know / by Bart Kennett.

Book/Text

Washington, D.C. : [Colored Actors' Union], c1925.

1925

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc Rare 920-K (Kennett, B. Colored actors' union theatrical guide)Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Paul Robeson : citizen of the world / by Shirley Graham; foreword by Carl Van Doren ...

Book/Text

New York : J. Messner, inc., [1946]

1946

3 items

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Paul Robeson / Scott Ehrlich ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins.

Book/Text

New York, N.Y. : Business Development Center, c1988.

1988

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James Earl Jones : voices and silences / James Earl Jones and Penelope Niven.

Book/Text

New York : Scribner ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993.

1993

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Paul Robeson / by Martin Bauml Duberman.

Book/Text

New York : Knopf, 1988, c1989.

1988-1989

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Paul Robeson, April 9, 1898--January 23, 1976 : for his 80th birthday / published by Brigitte Boegelsack.

Book/Text

Berlin : Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic, 1978.

1978

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Bill Cosby : family funny man / Larry Kettelkamp.

Book/Text

New York : J. Messner/Wanderer Books, c1987.

1987

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Lettin it all hang out : an autobiography / RuPaul.

Book/Text

New York : Hyperion, c1995.

1995

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Paul Robeson : a voice to remember / Patricia and Fredrick McKissack ; illustrated by Michael David Biegel.

Book/Text

Hillside, N.J., U.S.A. : Enslow Publishers, c1992.

1992

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Paul Robeson / Martin Bauml Duberman.

Book/Text

London : Pan, 1991.

1991-1989

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Black stars / Jean-Jacques Jélot-Blanc.

Book/Text

Paris : PAC, c1985.

1985

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc G 95-35Item locationOffsite

Salute to Paul Robeson : a cultural celebration of his 80th birthday / [Paul Robeson Birthday Committee].

Book/Text

[S.l. : s.n., 1978, c1973]

1978-1973

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc F 99-574Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The greatest comedian on the American stage [microform] : a real life-story of Bert Williams, a Negro, who also has the distinction of being "the most modest actor in America".

Microform

[S.l. : s.n., 1912]

1896

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Speak of me as I am : the story of Ira Aldridge / Owen Mortimer.

Book/Text

Wangaratta, Vic., Australia : The author, 1995.

1995

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Frederick Douglass O'Neal : Black pioneer of the 20th century American theatre / Renee Antoinette Simmons.

Book/Text

1993.

1993

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Will Smith : from Fresh Prince to king of cool / K. S. Rodriguez.

Book/Text

New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1998.

1998

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc B 98-42Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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James Earl Jones / Judy L. Hasday ; introduction by James Scott Brady.

Book/Text

Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c1998.

1998

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Will Smith / Stacey Stauffer.

Book/Text

Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c1998.

1999

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With Ossie and Ruby : in this life together / Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.

Book/Text

New York : W. Morrow, 1998.

1998-1998

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Will Smith / Chris Nickson.

Book/Text

New York, N.Y. : St Martin's Paperbacks, c1999.

1999

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc C 99-462Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance : the glorious imposter / Donald B. Smith.

Book/Text

Red Deer, Alta. : Red Deer Press, [1999]

1999

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Paul Robeson's living legacy / by Barbara Armentrout and Sterling Stuckey.

Book/Text

Chicago : Columbia College Chicago and Paul Robeson 100th Birthday Committee, 1999.

1999

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc F 07-714 no. 1-2Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Will Smith : from rap star to mega star / Maggie Marron.

Book/Text

New York, NY : Warner Books, c2000.

2000

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The work of Vinnette Carroll, an African American theatre artist / Calvin A. McClinton.

Book/Text

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2000.

2000

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Sidney Poitier / Carol Bergman.

Book/Text

Los Angeles, CA : Melrose Square Publishing, c1990.

1990

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc C 01-202Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Denzel Washington / Anne E. Hill ; [introductory essay by Coretta Scott King].

Book/Text

Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2001.

2001

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc E 02-169Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Will Smith / Stacey Stauffer.

Book/Text

Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2001.

2001

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Morgan Freeman / Gina De Angelis.

Book/Text

Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2000.

2000

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc E 02-199Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The pictorial biography of a great Renaissance man : Kasisi Yusef Iman.

Book/Text

[S.l. : s.n., between 1983 and 1990]

1983-1990

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc F 90-78Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Polʹ Robson / Vladimir Zimi︠a︡nin.

Book/Text

Moskva : "Molodai︠a︡ gvardii︠a︡", 1985.

1985

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Robson / Viktor Gorokhov.

Book/Text

Moskva : Sovetskiĭ pisatelʹ, 1952.

1952

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Paul Robeson : souvenir book / tour direction, Metropolitan Musical Bureau (F.C. Coppicus and F.C. Schang).

Book/Text

New York, N.Y. : Columbia Concerts, [1945?]

1945

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc F 06-65Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Denzel Washington : Academy award-winning actor / Sara McIntosh Wooten.

Book/Text

Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2003.

2003

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc E 06-1044Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Paul Robeson : a voice to remember / Patricia and Fredrick McKissack.

Book/Text

Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2001.

2001

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Ludacris / Celicia Scott.

Book/Text

Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, [2007]

2007

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FormatTextCall numberSc E 15-682Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Jamie Foxx / by Terri Dougherty.

Book/Text

Detroit : Lucent Books, 2006.

2006

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Chris Rock : comedian and actor / Anne M. Todd.

Book/Text

New York : Chelsea House, c2006.

2006

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc E 08-951Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Ira Aldridge : celebrated 19th century actor / Martin Hoyles.

Book/Text

London : Hansib, 2008.

2008

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Sesame Street dad : evolution of an actor : a memoir / by Roscoe Orman.

Book/Text

Portland, Or. : Inkwater Press, c2006.

2006

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FormatTextCall numberSc E 10-298Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Raven-Symoné / Terri Dougherty.

Book/Text

Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2009.

2009

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc E 09-314Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Morgan Freeman : a biography / by Kathleen Tracy.

Book/Text

Fort Lee, N.J. : Barricade Books, 2006.

2006

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FormatTextCall numberMWES (Freeman, M.) 10-4183Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Ira Aldridge, 1807-1867 : the great Shakespearean tragedian on the bicentennial anniversary of his birth / edited by Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney and Maria Łukowska.

Book/Text

Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, c2009.

2009

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 10-316Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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James Edwards : African American Hollywood icon / Pamala S. Deane.

Book/Text

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.

2010

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 10-504Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The undiscovered Paul Robeson : quest for freedom, 1939-1976 / Paul Robeson, Jr.

Book/Text

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.

2010

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FormatTextCall numberSc E 10-707Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Chris Rock / Stephen Feinstein.

Book/Text

Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, c2008.

2008

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc E 10-1231Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Denzel Washington / Stephen Feinstein.

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Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, c2009.

2009

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc E 10-1232Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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