Found 3 collections related to Robeson, Paul, Jr., 1927-2014

The Paul Robeson Award is presented annually by Actors' Equity Association to honor an individual for both artistic achievement and exemplary humanitarian service. The collection consists of recordings of the award presentation ceremonies, from 1978 to 1996. Recipients include: Sam Jaffe (1978) ; Harry Belafonte (1979) ; Alice Childress (1980) ; Studs Terkel (1981) ; Ed Asner (1982) ; John Henry Faulk (1983) ; Lena Horne (1984) ; Arthur Mitchell (1985) ; Vinie Burrows (1986) ; Joseph Papp (1987) ; Jacques D'Amboise (1988) ; Bill Ross & Dr. Margaret Burroughs (1989) ; Maya Angelou (1990) ; Gordon Parks (1991) ; The 20th Anniversary ceremony (held in 1991) ; Gil Noble (1995) ; George C. Wolfe (1996). Speakers at these ceremonies include Theodore Bikel, Ellen Burstyn, Barbara Colton, Colleen Dewhurst, Carl Harms, Nancy Marchand, Frederick O'Neal, Susan Robeson, Tom McDermott, and Stuart Hutchinson, among many others. less

Their Children Learned was a Black History Month special that aired over the course of three nightly news broadcasts on New York City's WNBC-TV in 1983. The Their Children Learned WNBC Black History Special collection consists of forty-two video recordings which include the three original broadcast segments, as well as unedited interviews, outtakes, and archival footage and audio used in the special. less