[Avery Brooks as "Paul Robeson" live performance]

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Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the one man show "Paul Robeson" starring Avery Brooks on February 22, 2003 at the Naomi Bruton Theatre. The footage shows Brooks performing on stage with a single chair accompanied by a man on a Steinway piano. The performance concludes at the 31:39 time mark.

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1 videocassette (Betacam) (40 min., 2 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

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Creator: Unknown. February 22, 2003.

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Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the one man show "Paul Robeson" starring Avery Brooks on February 22, 2003 at the Naomi Bruton Theatre. The footage shows Brooks performing on stage with a single chair accompanied by a man on a Steinway piano. The performance concludes at the 31:39 time mark.

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1 videocassette (Betacam) (40 min., 2 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

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  • Preferred Citation: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records (AR0797), University of North Texas Special Collections

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[Program: Paul Robeson]

Program for the play 'Paul Robeson,' which was produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters for February 22, 2003 at the Naomi Bruton Theater.

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[Avery Brooks as "Paul Robeson" live performance], video, February 22, 2003; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1998386/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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